Sex, age, pubertal development and use of oral contraceptives in relation to serum concentrations of DHEA, DHEAS, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone, δ4-androstenedione, testosterone and their ratios in children, adolescents and young adults

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 437, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-13

  Søeborg, Tue ^a   Frederiksen, Hanne ^a   Mouritsen, Annette ^a   Johannsen, Trine Holm ^a   Main, Katharina Maria ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Petersen, Jørgen Holm ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a   Juul, Anders ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; Reference range; Steroid; Tanner stage; Turboflow

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE 17 ALPHA-HYDROPEROXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGESTERONE; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904420451     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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