Effect of testosterone and estradiol in a man with aromatase deficiency

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-95

  Carani, Cesare ^a   Qin, Kenan ^b   Simoni, Manuela ^c   Faustini Fustini, Marco ^a   Serpente, Stefania ^a   Boyd, Jeff ^d   Korach, Kenneth S ^e   Simpson, Evan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AROMATASE; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; ESTRADIOL; EXONS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030797569     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199707103370204     Document Type: Article

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