[The analysis of urinary steroids using capillary gas-liquid chromatography]

Impaired steroid hormone secretion and metabolism may become the cause of symptomatic hypertension. Currently gas chromatography technique is employed for analysis of urinary steroids, that permits detection of the majority of components. To detect the important components present in but trace amounts gas chromatographic mass spectrometry is necessary. Gas chromatographic technique holds good promise for clinical studies, its potentialities are not inferior to those of radioimmunoassay.