Virilizing ovarian leiomyoma: Androgen production by lining stromal cells

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-76

  Carpén, Olli ^a,d   Simberg, Niklas ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^c   Saksela, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Department of Pathology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Leiomyoma; Ovarian neoplasms; Steroidogenesis; Theca cell reaction; Virilization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANDROGEN; DESMIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEIOMYOMA; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THECA CELL; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0030031049     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033289     Document Type: Article

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