Production rates of testosterone in patients with Cushing's syndrome

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-231

  Vierhapper, H ^a   Nowotny, P ^a   Waldhausl W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1ALPHA,2ALPHA DELTA TESTOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033974740     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(00)91429-X     Document Type: Article

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