Diminished adrenal androgen secretion in familial glucocorticoid deficiency implicates a significant role for ACTH in the induction of adrenarche

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 431-437

  Weber, A ^a   Clark, A J L ^b   Perry, L A ^b   Honour, J W ^c   Savage, M O ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENARCHE; ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0030996897     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1580969.x     Document Type: Article

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