Predominance of type I 5α-reductase in apocrine sweat glands of patients with excessive or abnormal odour derived from apocrine sweat (osmidrosis)

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 806-810

  Sato, T ^a   Sonoda, T ^a   Itami, S ^b   Takayasu, S ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,7BETA DIMETHYL 4 AZACHOLESTAN 3 ONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SWEAT GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; APOCRINE GLANDS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; ODORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWEAT GLAND DISEASES; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0031794407     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02504.x     Document Type: Article

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