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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...