Panhypopituitarism as a model to study the metabolism of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2578-2585

  Young, Jacques ^a   Couzinet, Beatrice ^a   Nahoul, Khalil ^a   Brailly, Sylvie ^a   Chanson, Philippe ^a   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a   Schaison, Gilbert ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACEBOS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030748615     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.8.2578     Document Type: Article

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