Secretion of androgens and estrogens by normal and neoplastic ovaries in postmenopausal women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 1-5

  Aiman, James ^a,b   Forney, J Peter ^a,b   Richard Parker, C ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; TESTOSTERONE;

DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE DEPENDENT TUMOR; HUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0022575637     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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