Serum levels of neurosteroid allopregnanolone in patients with premenstrual syndrome and patients after thyroidectomy

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-92

  Bicikova, M ^a   Putz, Z ^b   Hill, M ^a   Hampl, R ^a   Dibbelt, L ^c   Tallova, J ^d   Starka, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Institute of Clinical Endocrinology   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Allopregnanolone; Neurosteroids; Premenopausal syndrome; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006874563     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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