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ey0015.6-20 | Reviews of clinical importance | ESPEYB15

6.20 Caring for individuals with a difference of sex development (DSD): a Consensus Statement

M Cools , A Nordenström , R Robeva , J Hall , P Westerveld , C Flück , B Köhler , M Berra , A Springer , K Schweizer , V Pasterski , COST Action BM1303 working group

To read the full abstract: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 May 16[Comments on 6.19 and 6.20] These two publications, a review and a consensus statement, are especially useful in the clinical care for individuals with disorders affecting the sex development, albeit in different ways. Since the Chicago consensus in 2005, the knowledge of the ...

ey0015.8-9 | Important for Clinical Practice | ESPEYB15

8.9 The short cosyntropin test revisited - new normal reference range using LCMSMS

GÅ Ueland , P Methlie , M Øksnes , HB Thordarson , J Sagen , R Kellmann , G Mellgren , M Ræder , P Dahlqvist , SR Dahl , PM Thorsby , K Løvås , ES Husebye

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018; 103(4):1696-1703How we measure steroids has been a constant debate in recent years because current routinely used immunoassays lack both specificity and sensitivity. Therefore, chromatographic, mass spectrometric methods have been pushed forward for their higher sensitivity and specificity, and for their advantage to provide multiple measu...