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Why use salivary hormone assay over blood assay ?

April 26, 2017assay blood Hormone Salivary

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Why use salivary hormone assay over blood assay ?

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Hormones are bound to proteins in the blood, it is only when these hormones become unbound that they are active. Hormones measured in the saliva are unbound and therefore give a more accurate determination of hormonal activity affecting the body.