Abstract
Immunologic methods for steroid determination depend on the ability of antibodies directed against a steroid determinant group to react preferentially with that particular steroid. The specificity of the reaction depends on a complementary fit of the combining site of the antibody with the steroid of interest.
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Pressman, D., Grossberg, A.L. (1970). Structural Basis of Antibody Specificity. In: Péron, F.G., Caldwell, B.V. (eds) Immunologic Methods in Steroid Determination. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6051-3_1
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