Evaluation of enzyme immunoassay and radioimmunoassay methods for the measurement of plasma oxytocin

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Szeto, Angela ^a   McCabe, Philip M ^a   Nation, Daniel A ^a,c   Tabak, Benjamin A ^a   Rossetti, Maria A ^a   McCullough, Michael E ^a   Schneiderman, Neil ^a   Mendez, Armando J ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

extraction; immunoassays; oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; OXYTOCIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MACACA; MALE; MICE; OXYTOCIN; RABBITS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79958168485     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31821df0c2     Document Type: Article

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