Birth Weight
Study results from Kanazawa University in the area of birth weight published
Published in Blood Weekly, November 6th, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Simultaneous determination of 17alpha-hydroxypregnenolone and 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in dried blood spots from low birth weight infants using LC-MS/MS' new findings in birth weight. According to a study from Kanazawa, Japan, "17alpha-hydroxypregnenolone (17OHPreg) has heretofore been considered to be the major cause of the false elevated 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) value in the immunoassay-based newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). To verify this point, we developed a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method that enables the simultaneous quantification of 17OHPreg and 17OHP in the dried blood filter papers...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-11-06)
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