Immunohistochemical and Biochemical Analysis of a Human Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor: Autonomous Steroid Production Characteristic of Overian Theca Cells

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 30-37

  Sawetawan, Chiravudh ^a   Rainey, William E ^a   Word, Ruth Ann ^a   Carr, Bruce R ^a  

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

Author keywords

autonomous steroid production; Immunohistochemistry; ovarian theca cells; ovary; Sertoli Leydig cell tumor

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BUCLADESINE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; FORSKOLIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADOLESCENT; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CASE REPORT; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SERTOLI-LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; THECA CELLS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0028897816     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107155769500200107     Document Type: Article

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