Autoantibody against testosterone in a woman with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-16

  Kuwahara, Akira ^a   Kamada, Masaharu ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^a   Naka, Osamu ^b   Yamashita, Toshiyuki ^b   Aono, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Miyoshi Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SCATCHARD PLOT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031738314     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.1.4510     Document Type: Article

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