Taber's Medical Dictionary
Allen-Doisy test
(al′ĕn-doy′sē)
[Edgar V. Allen, U.S. endocrinologist, 1892-1943; Edward Adelbert Doisy, U.S. biochemist and physiologist, 1893-1986]
A test used to determine estrogen content. A spayed mouse is injected with the material being tested. The appearance of cornified cells on a vaginal smear constitutes a positive reaction.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Allen-Doisy Test." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739619/all/Allen_Doisy_test.
Allen-Doisy test. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739619/all/Allen_Doisy_test. Accessed December 21, 2024.
Allen-Doisy test. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739619/all/Allen_Doisy_test
Allen-Doisy Test [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 21]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739619/all/Allen_Doisy_test.
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