Inhibin forms in serum from postmenopausal women with ovarian cancers

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-386

  Robertson, David M ^a   Cahir, Nicholas ^a   Burger, Henry G ^a   Mamers, Pamela ^b   Groome, Nigel ^c  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0032928143     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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