Decrease in the expression of the 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene in human adrenal tissue during prepuberty and early puberty: Implications for the mechanism of adrenarche

Pediatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 384-388

  Dardis, Andrea ^a   Saraco, Nora ^a   Rivarola, Marco A ^a   Belgorosky, Alicia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENARCHE; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; ADRENAL GLAND; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PUBERTY;

EID: 0032588511     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199903000-00016     Document Type: Article

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