Increased expression of messenger ribonucleic acid encoding cytochrome P450 cholesterol side-chain cleavage and P450 17α-hydroxylase enzymes in ovarian hyperthecosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 328-333

  Nagamani, Manubai ^a   Urban, Randall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

17 hydroxyprogesterone; Hyperthecosis; P450 17 hydroxylase enzyme; P450 side chain cleavage enzyme

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CYTOCHROME P450; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHORUS 32; PRASTERONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIECTOMY; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STROMAL CELLS; SYNDROME; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0032908555     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00464-6     Document Type: Article

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