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A Rapid Method for the Estimation of Pregnanediol

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THE presence in urine of pregnanediol can be detected easily and rapidly by the following procedure, elaborated in the course of recent investigations and based upon protection of pregnanediol by zinc dust during acid hydrolysis, thereby also preventing discoloration affecting the final colour reaction.

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RABINOVITCH, J. A Rapid Method for the Estimation of Pregnanediol. Nature 161, 605 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161605b0

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