TY - JOUR
AU1 - Worthman, C M
AU2 - Stallings, J F
AU3 - Hofman, L F
AB - Abstract Measurement of steroids in saliva has excited interest because of the numerous potential clinical applications; noninvasive, convenient sampling; and apparently accurate reflection of the concentrations of physiologically active unbound steroid in the circulation. Although assays of saliva for several steroid hormones are available and widely used, assays for salivary estradiol are not, primarily because of methodological limitations. By modifying a commercially available kit for serum estradiol, our laboratory has developed a procedure that is sensitive, highly specific, and reliable for measuring salivary estradiol. Assay sensitivity is 0.5 fmol (0.14 pg; sample concentration 1.3 pmol/L) with a mean interassay CV of 10.8% at low concentrations. Clinical studies showed that values for serum and saliva are highly correlated (P less than 0.001), and demonstrated reliable detection of estradiol peaks during normal ovulatory cycles in serial samples from 15 women. Salivary estradiol peaked at 5.4 (SD 1.9) pmol/L on cycle day 14.4 (SD 3.2), 1.2 (SD 0.8) days before ovulation detected by ultrasound. This assay may be particularly helpful in investigating ovarian function and free estradiol in women at various stages of the reproductive cycle. © 1990 The American Association for Clinical Chemistry « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Clinical Chemistry October 1990 vol. 36 no. 10 1769-1773 » Abstract PDF Services Email this article to a friend Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Download to citation manager Responses No responses published Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Worthman, C. M. Articles by Hofman, L. F. Search for related content PubMed PubMed citation Articles by Worthman, C. M. Articles by Hofman, L. F. Related Content Load related web page information Follow Us Clinical Chemistry Trainee Council Register Today! www.traineecouncil.org Information for Authors Submit a Manuscript Editorial Board Clinical Case Studies Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing Journal Club Podcasts Translated Content Annual Meeting Abstracts Permissions and Reprints Advertising Copyright © 2012 by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry
TI - Sensitive salivary estradiol assay for monitoring ovarian function.
JF - Clinical Chemistry
DA - 1990-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-association-for-clinical-chemistry/sensitive-salivary-estradiol-assay-for-monitoring-ovarian-function-9gMsX4MWRy
VL - 36
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve