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Marinus A Blankenstein

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Heijboer A, Savelkoul E, Kruit A, Endert E, Blankenstein M
J Appl Lab Med . 2021 Feb; 1(2):194-201. PMID: 33626789
Background: The quality of testosterone assays has been a matter of debate for several years. Known limitations of testosterone immunoassays are the cross-reactivity with other steroids and a high variation...
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Buttler R, Bagci E, Brand H, den Heijer M, Blankenstein M, Heijboer A
Steroids . 2018 Jun; 138:26-34. PMID: 29864449
Background: Recently, measurements of steroids like testosterone, androstenedione, cortisol and cortisone in saliva are more and more applied in diagnostics and scientific studies. This is mainly due to the simple...
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van Wijk N, Slot R, Duits F, Strik M, Biesheuvel E, Sijben J, et al.
Alzheimers Dement (Amst) . 2017 Jun; 8:139-146. PMID: 28653034
Introduction: Synaptic membrane formation depends on nutrients that fuel metabolic pathways for the synthesis of constituent phospholipids. Consequently, insufficient availability of such nutrients may restrict membrane formation and contribute to...
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Malekzadeh A, Twaalfhoven H, Wijnstok N, Killestein J, Blankenstein M, Teunissen C
Cytokine . 2017 Jan; 91:145-152. PMID: 28082233
Background: The levels of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines can be altered in different autoimmune pathologies, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). It is likely that cytokines in bodily fluids can provide...
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Vlot M, Klink D, den Heijer M, Blankenstein M, Rotteveel J, Heijboer A
Bone . 2016 Nov; 95:11-19. PMID: 27845262
Puberty is highly important for the accumulation of bone mass. Bone turnover and bone mineral density (BMD) can be affected in transgender adolescents when puberty is suppressed by gonadotropin-releasing hormone...
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Buttler R, Peper J, Crone E, Lentjes E, Blankenstein M, Heijboer A
Clin Chim Acta . 2016 Feb; 456:15-18. PMID: 26920638
The measurement of testosterone in saliva is an attractive alternative to serum analysis due to the simple and non-invasive sample collection. In children and adolescents salivary testosterone is mainly measured...
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Buttler R, Martens F, Ackermans M, Davison A, van Herwaarden A, Kortz L, et al.
Clin Chim Acta . 2016 Jan; 454:112-8. PMID: 26778410
Background: Liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) has become the method of choice in steroid hormone measurement. However, little information on the mutual agreement of LC-MS/MS methods is available. We compared...
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Dirks N, Martens F, Vanderschueren D, Billen J, Pauwels S, Ackermans M, et al.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol . 2015 Dec; 164:127-133. PMID: 26690787
Background: To assess a patient's vitamin D status the precursor metabolite 25-hydroxyvitamin D can be determined. However, measurement of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is required when disorders of 1a-hydroxylation, extrarenal 1a-hydroxylation, or...
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Buttler R, Martens F, Fanelli F, Pham H, Kushnir M, Janssen M, et al.
Clin Chem . 2015 Oct; 61(12):1475-83. PMID: 26503965
Background: Recently, LC-MS/MS was stated to be the method of choice to measure sex steroids. Because information on the mutual agreement of LC-MS/MS methods is scarce, we compared 7 published...
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Del Campo M, Jongbloed W, Twaalfhoven H, Veerhuis R, Blankenstein M, Teunissen C
Front Neurol . 2015 Oct; 6:202. PMID: 26483753
Different neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), lead to dementia syndromes. Dementia will pose a huge impact on society and thus it is essential to...