Concentration of the endogenous antiandrogen epitestosterone and androgenic C19-steroids in hyperplastic prostatic tissue

Prostate

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 347-351

  Hill, M ^a   Hampl, R ^a   Petrik R ^a   Starka L ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

androstenedione; antiandrogen; benign prostatic hyperplasia; dihydrotestosterone; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTIANDROGEN; EPITESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPITESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029937508     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199606)28:6<347::AID-PROS2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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