Endocrine Abstracts

Radioimmunoassay of steroid hormones is widely used but in application to clinical samples the technique can give erroneous results. In the diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency raised plasma levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) are supportive evidence for the disorder. In the immunoassay of 17-OHP there are particular difficulties with the assay of plasma from neonates due to interference from steroids such as 17-hydroxypregne...