Gender differences in adrenal and gonadal responses to inflammatory aggression

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 876, Issue , 1999, Pages 148-151

  Da Silva, José António P ^a,c   Pinto, Alberto ^a   Cutolo, Maurizio ^b   Porto, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0032799834     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07632.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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