Aromatase in aging women

Seminars in Reproductive Endocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-358

  Bulun, Serdar E ^a   Zeitoun, Khaled ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^c   Simpson, Evan R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Aging; Aromatase; Bone; Brain; Breast cancer; Endometrial cancer; Endometriosis; Estrogen; Osteoporosis; Skin; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; AROMATIZATION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; BRAIN; BREAST CANCER; CLIMACTERIUM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESTROGEN RELEASE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0033496268     PISSN: 07348630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1016244     Document Type: Review

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