Adrenarche results from development of a 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-deficient adrenal reticularis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3695-3701

  Gell, Jennifer S ^a   Carr, Bruce R ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Atkins, Baron ^a   Margraf, Linda ^c   Mason, J Ian ^d   Rainey, William E ^a  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; 3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17)-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENARCHE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GLOMERULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; INFANT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0031596227     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.10.3695     Document Type: Article

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