1. A simplified radioimmunoassay procedure for serum progesterone
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M. H. Khadempour, A. H. Gowenlock, and Ian Laing
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endocrine system ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Radioimmunoassay ,Serum progesterone ,Luteal Phase ,Luteal phase ,Biochemistry ,Transcortin ,Pregnancy ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Progesterone ,reproductive and urinary physiology ,Menstrual cycle ,media_common ,biology ,Chemistry ,Microchemistry ,Biochemistry (medical) ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Kinetics ,Endocrinology ,biology.protein ,Female ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists - Abstract
A simple, rapid radioimmunoassay for progesterone in unextracted serum is described. Cortisol is used to inhibit progesterone binding to corticosteroid binding globulin. The method has been optimised for the determination of progesterone in pregnancy sera or in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.
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- 1978
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