Dehydroepiandrosterone-fatty acid esters in human plasma: Formation, transport and delivery to steroid target tissues

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Lavallee B ^a   Provost, P R ^a   Roy, R ^a   Gauthier, M C ^a   Belanger A ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PRASTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TARGET CELL; TARGET ORGAN;

ADRENAL GLANDS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLACENTA;

EID: 0029958428     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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