Relationship between ovarian production of estrone, estradiol, testosterone, and androstenedione and the ovarian degree of stromal hyperplasia in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 207-210

  Sluijmer, A V ^a  

^a Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Estrogen production; Postmenopausal ovary; Stromal hyperplasia; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; OVARIAN VEIN; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STROMA; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031743131     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-199805040-00004     Document Type: Article

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