title: [Interpretation of the blood level of a steroid].
abstract: The authors define the conditions under which the steroid circulate in the blood : free, bound to albumin or bound to their specific binding proteins. Based on the physiology of steroids, the authors try to define the value of the serum levels in the evaluation of steroid production and, more particularly, the variations in this production. The biological activity seems to be directly related to the free circulating fraction.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000378:metabolism; D013256:Steroids / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D014156:Transcortin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; D013256:Steroids; D014156:Transcortin
vernacular_title: Interprétation du taux sanguin d'un stéroïde.