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ea0021p332 | Steroids | SFEBES2009

Steroid analysis in patients receiving metyrapone therapy

Owen Laura , Halsall David , Yates Alexandra , Keevil Brian

Clinical guidance recommends titrating the dose of metyrapone against serum cortisol concentrations. These serum samples are usually measured by immunoassays; however it has been well documented that there are interferences in these assays in patients with altered steroid metabolism due to a pathological process or drug treatment. The increasing availability of mass spectrometry (MS) assays for steroid hormones may circumvent this issue and assays that measure multiple steroid...