| 17-ketogenic steroid assay test | A colourimetric test, based on the Zimmermann reaction, which indicates metabolites or adrenal and testicular steroids excreted as 17-ketones in the urine; increased values are most striking in adrenocortical tumours, decreased values in Addison's disease or in panhypopituitarism. Synonym: ketogenic corticoids test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 17-ketosteroids | <biochemistry> A steroid based molecule that can be measured in urine. A fraction of cortisol is metabolised to 17-ketosteroids and excreted in the urine. Conditions which result in increased serum cortisol (Cushing's syndrome and Cushing's disease) will result in elevations in 17-ketosteroid levels in the urine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| 17-KS | <abbreviation> 17-ketosteroids. (05 Mar 2000) |