Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay for androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone, and testosterone with pediatric and adult reference intervals

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1138-1147

  Kushnir, Mark M ^a,b   Blamires, Takara ^a   Rockwood, Alan L ^a,b   Roberts, William L ^a,b   Yue, Bingfang ^a   Erdogan, Evrim ^b   Bunker, Ashley M ^a   Meikle, A Wayne ^a,b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYLAMINE; PRASTERONE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77954370695     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.143222     Document Type: Article

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