Relationship between serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androstenedione, and sex hormones in men and women

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Phillips, Gerald B ^a,b  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030066642     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1340201     Document Type: Article

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