Decreased adrenal sex steroid levels in the absence of glucocorticoid suppression in postmenopausal asthmatic women

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 1 I, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Weinstein, Robert E ^a,b   Lobocki, Catherine A ^a   Gravett, Sharon ^a   Hum, Hillman ^a   Negrich, Ronald ^a   Herbst, Jonathan ^a   Greenberg, Dana ^a   Pieper, David R ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenergic blockade; Asthma; DHEAS; estrogen; sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030039046     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70276-2     Document Type: Article

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