The roles of oestrogen in the male

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 371-377

  Sharpe, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032213691     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(98)00089-7     Document Type: Review

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