Mass spectrometry: an essential tool to be used in discrimination between causes of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and its benefits versus radioimmunoassay

Abstract Background Measurement of multiple steroids, 17 hydroxyprogesterone, 11 deoxycortisol, and 21 deoxycortisol, is required to discriminate between congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency and that due to 11 beta hydroxylase deficiency. This work aims at the selection of...

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Main Authors: Heba Asfour, Heba Baz, Hend Soliman, Yasmine Elshiwy, Marwa Elsharkawy, Fatma Elmougy, Marianne Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43088-021-00132-9