Serum concentrations of DHEA, DHEAS, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone, δ4-androstenedione and testosterone in children determined by TurboFlow-LC-MS/MS

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 419, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-101

  Soeborg T ^a   Frederiksen, H ^a   Fruekilde, P ^b   Johannsen, T H ^a   Juul, A ^a   Andersson, A M ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

High performance liquid chromatography; Hormone; Mass spectrometry; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; PRASTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRASTERONE SULFATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MALE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84875261120     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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