Ultrasensitive quantification of serum estrogens in postmenopausal women and older men by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Steroids

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-152

  Wang, Qingqing ^a,b   Rangiah, Kannan ^a,c   Mesaros, Clementina ^a   Snyder, Nathaniel W ^a   Vachani, Anil ^a   Song, Haifeng ^b   Blair, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Breast cancer; Endometrial cancer; Estrogen; Prostate cancer; Stable isotope dilution

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; 2 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; 2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; 4 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; 4 METHOXYESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PHENOL; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

AGED; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84923571202     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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