Detection of anabolic steroid administration: Ratio of urinary testosterone to epitestosterone vs the ratio of urinary testosterone to luteinizing hormone

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 731-735

  Perry, Paul J ^a,b   MacIndoe, John H ^a   Yates, William R ^a   Scott, Shane D ^b   Holman, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

abused drugs; anabolic steroids; androgens; GC MS; sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; COTTON SEED OIL; EPITESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPING; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; STEROID URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0030903971     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.5.731     Document Type: Article

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