Intra-adrenal factors are not involved in the differential control of cortisol and adrenal androgens in human adrenals

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 567-573

  Fearon, Ursula ^a   Clarke, Dara ^a   McKenna, T Joseph ^a   Cunningham, Sean K ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGING; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SECRETORY RATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031864688     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380567     Document Type: Article

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