Endocrine Abstracts

Estrogens are important for the development of the adult female phenotype and are intracellular mediators of androgen effects in many tissues. Measuring several estrogenic compounds in blood or other body fluids may be helpful for the assessment of estrogen status. Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) is a versatile technique, which allows for the measurement of conjugated and unconjugated steroids in a single sample volume without derivatization...