Table 2.

Patient's level of sulfated steroids as detected by LC-MS/MS.

Compound	Concentration (ng/ml)	Reference range (22, 23)
Cholesterol sulfate	1,171	500–2,000
Pregnenolone sulfate	122	15–90
17-hydroxypregnenolone sulfate	25	2–13
16-α-hydroxy-DHEAS	294	30–180
DHEAS	5,085	800–3,500
Androstenediol-3-sulfate	294	50–275
Androsterone sulfate	3,367	250–1,500
Epiandrosterone sulfate	773	100–500

DHEAS, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.