Response of the pituitary-adrenal axis to hypoglycemic stress in women with the polycystic ovary syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-81

  Gennarelli, Gianluca ^a   Holte, Jan ^a   Stridsberg, Mats ^a   Lundqvist, Ulrika ^a   Massobrio, Marco ^b   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a   Berne, Christian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EQUIDAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0032926737     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.1.5403     Document Type: Article

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