A liquid chromatography - Mass spectrometry method for the quantitative analysis of urinary endogenous estrogen metabolites

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1350-1355

  Xu, Xia ^a   Keefer, Larry K ^b   Ziegler, Regina G ^c   Veenstra, Timothy D ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

16 OXOESTRADIOL; 16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; 17 EPIESTRIOL; 2 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; 2 HYDROXYESTRONE; 2 HYDROXYESTRONE 3 METHYL ETHER; 2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; 2 METHOXYESTRONE; 4 HYDROXYESTRONE; 4 METHOXYESTRADIOL; 4 METHOXYESTRONE; EPIESTRIOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250781139     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.176     Document Type: Article

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