Concentrations of estrone, estradiol, and estrone sulfate and evaluation of sulfatase and aromatase activities in pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1460-1464

  Pasqualini, J R ^a   Chetrite, G ^a   Blacker, C ^a   Feinstein, M C ^a   Delalonde, L ^a   Talbi, M ^a   Maloche, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; SULFATASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AROMATASE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFATASES;

EID: 0029872530     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1460     Document Type: Article

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