Uptake and synthesis of steroid hormones by the breast

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-311

  Miller, W R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN;

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030799950     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/erc.0.0040307     Document Type: Short Survey

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