Steroid concentrations in antepartum and postpartum saliva: Normative values in women and correlations with serum

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Phillips, Shauna Dae ^b   Soares, Claudio N ^b   Steiner, Meir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Gestation; Hormone; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Radioimmunoassay; Saliva; Steroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892923349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-4-7     Document Type: Article

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