Endocrine disorders associated with inappropriately high aromatase expression

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-6, 1997, Pages 133-139

  Bulun, Serdar E ^a   Noble, Luis S ^a   Takayama, Kazuto ^a   Michael, M Dodson ^a   Agarwal, Veena ^a   Fisher, Carolyn ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Hinshelwood, Margaret M ^a   Ito, Yuji ^a   Simpson, Evan R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYCLIC AMP;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL GLAND; BREAST TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; LIVER; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UTERUS; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 0031120019     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(96)00248-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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