Quantitative Determination of Urinary Pregnanediol and Allopregnanediol for Clinical Use

Diagnosis of the Hormonal Balance During the Progestational Phase of the Cycle

“…The material consisted of 24 cases in which vaginal smears were taken and the oestrogens (the biological method, Ahlmark el al., 1954), the pregnanediol (Jensen, 1955) and the 17-ketosteroids (Jensen and Tollerman, 1952) were determined from the 24 hour urine. After the urine had been collected, the patients were operated and biopsy specimens were taken from the endometrium and ovaries.…”