title: Steroid analysis for medical diagnosis.
abstract: Steroid assays are important for medical diagnosis of diseases related to steroid disturbances and abuse. This article reviews the recent progress in analytical methods for steroids in the clinical laboratory. The requirements for these methods are rapid, highly sensitive, specific, direct assay of conjugated steroids, the simultaneous analysis, identification of unknown steroids, and ultra-miniaturization of the separation system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nozaki
mesh_terms: D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013256:Steroids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids