Urinary steroid metabolites were measured by capillary gas chromatography in 25 women (aged 33.3±12.0 years) with effluvium
and 16 control healthy laboratory workers women (aged 34.6±8.4 years). There was significant elevation in the level of a number
of steroids and steroid metabolites. The elevation of most steroid metabolites refers to the increased steroid secretion of
the adrenal and the high cortisol metabolites levels may be do to stress in some of the patients with effluvium.
Key words Gas chromatography - Solid phase extraction - Methoxime-silyl derivate - Urinary steroids - Women with effluvium
Presented at: Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods, Siófok, Hungary, September 3–5, 1997