Hormone Assays in biological fluids /edited by Michael J. Wheeler, J. S. Morley Hutchinson. -- Humana Press, 2006. -- (58.17/M592/v.324)

Contents

Contents:

1.       Immunoassay techniques  1

2.       High-performance liquid chromatography  25

3.       Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry  53

4.       An introduction to PCR techniques  75

5.       Methods for the investigation of thyroid function  91

6.       Assays for LH, FSH and prolactin  109

7.       Adrenocorticotropic hormone and related peptides  125

8.       Measurement of glucocorticoids in biological fluids  141

9.       Urinary steroid profiling  159

10.   Measurement of aldosterone in blood  177

11.   Measurement of plasma rennin activity  187

12.   Measurement  of  androgens 197

13.   Measurement of gut hormones in plasma  213

14.   Measurement of melatonin and 6-Sulphatoxymelatonin  235