Ageing and adrenal cortical function

Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-287

  Svec, F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Ageing; Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PRASTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; AGED; AGING; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; NERVE DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030656988     PISSN: 0950351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-351X(97)80287-X     Document Type: Article

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