A direct assay for the routine measurement of testosterone, androstenedione, dihydrotestosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 580-587

  Owen, Laura J ^a   Wu, Frederick C ^b   Büttler, Rahel M ^c   Keevil, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androgens; androstenedione; DHEA; DHT; LC MS MS; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; METHANOL; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84983350821     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563215621096     Document Type: Article

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