Ovarian angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in humans: Relationship to estradiol, age, and uterine pathology

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1104-1107

  Erman, Arie ^a,b   Chen Gal, Batia ^b   Van Dijk, David J ^b   Sulkes, Jaqueline ^a   Kaplan, Boris ^a   Boner, Geoffrey ^b   Neri, Alexander ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RENIN; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0029924183     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.3.1104     Document Type: Article

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