Development and Performance Evaluation of a Tandem Mass Spectrometry Assay for 4 Adrenal Steroids
Author(s) -
Mark M. Kushnir,
Alan L. Rockwood,
William L. Roberts,
Elizabeth G Pattison,
William E. Owen,
Ashley M. Bunker,
A.W. Meikle
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.068445
Subject(s) - pregnenolone , detection limit , congenital adrenal hyperplasia , electrospray ionization , tandem mass spectrometry , chromatography , chemistry , steroid , selected reaction monitoring , mass spectrometry , endocrinology , enzyme , medicine , solid phase extraction , hormone , biochemistry
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a group of autosomal recessive disorders caused by a deficiency of 1 of 4 enzymes required for the synthesis of glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, and sex hormones. Analysis of 11-deoxycortisol (11DC), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP), 17-hydroxypregnenolone (17OHPr), and pregnenolone (Pr) in blood allows detection of these enzyme defects.
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