Aromatase and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in human breast carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4042-4046

  Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Frost, Andra R ^b   Saitoh, Ryuta ^b   Harada, Nobuhiro ^c   Poutanen, Matti ^d   Vihko, Reijo ^d   Bulun, Serdar E ^e   Silverberg, Steven G ^b   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROMATASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0029817523     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.11.4042     Document Type: Article

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