Adrenal and gonadal contributions to urinary excretion and plasma concentration of epitestosterone in men - Effect of adrenal stimulation and implications for detection of testosterone abuse

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-668

  Kicman, Andrew T ^a,c   Coutts, Sarah B ^a   Cowan, David A ^a   Handelsman, David J ^b   Howe, Chris J ^b   Burring, Surrinder ^d   Wu, Frederick C W ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Drug Control Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITESTOSTERONE; GLUCURONIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; STEROID URINE LEVEL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSYNTROPIN; EPITESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032907532     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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