Gaschromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol and 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol-glucuronide in plasma of children with premature and normal pubarche;Gaschromatographisch-Massenspektrometrische Bestimmung von 5α-Androstan-3α,17β-diol und 5α-Androstan-3α,17β-diol-glucuronid im Plasma von Kindern mit pramaturer und normaler Pubarche

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 334-338

  Wudy, Stefan A ^a,b   Homoki, Janos ^a   Teller, Walter M ^a  

^a Kinderkrankenhaus Auf der Bult Hannover   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

androstanediol; androstanediol glucuronide; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; premature pubarche

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANEDIOL GLUCURONIDE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0029849694     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1046493     Document Type: Article

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