Surgical stress induces a marked and sustained increase of adrenal androgen secretion in postmenopausal women

In Vivo

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-150

  Batrinos, Menelaos L ^a   Panitsa Faflia, Chrysoula ^a   Koutsoumanis, Constantinos ^a   Vourlioti, Tassoula ^a   Koutsilieris, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenal androgens; Surgical stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL STRESS;

EID: 0032894098     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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