Phillipou G, Seamark R F, Sweet R
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1979 Nov;19(4):233-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1979.tb01381.x.
A gas chromatographic procedure for the quantitation of neutral steroid sulphates in maternal urine and its application to a suspected case of placental sulphatase deficiency is described. Low levels of oestriol coincident with elevated 16-hydroxylated metabolites of dehydroepiandrosterone in the maternal urine are shown to occur in this particular condition, and thus provide a convenient differentiation from fetal adrenal hypoplasia before birth.
