A novel ultrapressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous determination of androstenedione, testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone in pediatric blood samples: Age- and sex-specific reference data

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2399-2409

  Kulle, A E ^a   Riepe, F G ^a   Melchior, D ^a   Hiort, O ^b   Holterhus, Paul Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIRL; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PLASMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; AGE; BLOOD; HISTOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77952774789     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1670     Document Type: Article

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