Total testosterone and DHEAS levels as predictors of androgen-secreting neoplasms: A populational study

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 394-400

  Waggoner, W ^b   Boots, L R ^b   Azziz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Androgen secreting tumors; Androgens; Hirsutism; Screening; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0002077520     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513599909167586     Document Type: Article

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