Cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and DHEA sulfate in the cerebrospinal fluid of man: Relation to blood levels and the effects of age

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3951-3960

  Guazzo, E P ^a   Kirkpatrick, P J ^a   Goodyer, I M ^a   Shiers, H M ^a   Herbert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEROIDS; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0029798422     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.11.3951     Document Type: Article

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