Molecular insights into the regulation of steroidogenesis: From laboratory to clinic and back

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages 46-50

  Arakane, Futoshi ^b   Sugawara, Teruo ^b   Kiriakidou, Marianthi ^b   Kallen, Caleb B ^b   Watari, Hidemichi ^b   Christenson, Lane K ^b   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a,b  

^a 778 Clinical Research Building ^*  (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol side chain cleavage; Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Ovary; Placenta; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009299917     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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