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ea0063p1034 | Interdisciplinary Endocrinology 2 | ECE2019

Harmonization status among ten European laboratories using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for steroid measurements in serum: preliminary results from the HarmoSter consortium

Fanelli Flaminia , Mezzullo Marco , Temchenko Anastasia , Cantu Marco , Lindner Johanna M , Peitzsch Mirko , Hawley James M , Bruce Stephen , Zelzer Sieglinde , Herrmann Markus , Heijboer Annemieke C , Van den Ouweland Jody , Eisenhofer Graeme , Keevil Brian G , Rauh Manfred , Vogeser Michael , Pagotto Uberto

Background: LC-MS/MS is replacing immunoassays for serum steroid measurement in clinical labs worldwide. The intrinsic high specificity of LC-MS/MS is supposed to guarantee accurate quantitation, however, differences in pre-analytical and analytical procedures, and overall performance may influence the result. A few studies so far investigated the reproducibility among different LC-MS/MS assays for sex steroids. No data are available for adrenal steroids.<p class="abstext"...