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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
Although methods for the measurement of vitamin D metabolites continue to be developed, few have been properly validated by comparison with methods based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, widely accepted as being the definitive methodology. To the best of our knowledge, only three such comparisons have been carried out (14, 42, 83), all three examining HPLC assays for 25-OH-D. This lack of proper validation leads to lack of certainty as to the specificity of many assays widely used for clinical investigation. In our view there is an obvious need for the continuing development of mass fragmentographic assays for vitamin D and its metabolites, primarily for use as reference procedures for the evaluation of less rigorous methodologies. Provided standards, both labeled and unlabeled, become more widely available, development of specific mass fragmentographic assays for any metabolite of vitamin D should be possible. For metabolites where no specific binding protein or antiserum is available, mass fragmentography may be the only alternative.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0039-128X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and the measurement of vitamin D metabolites in human serum or plasma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemical Pathology, London Hospital Medical College, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review