Urinary steroids in women with androgenic alopecia

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Juricskay, Susan ^a   Telegdy, Enikõ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

5 reductase activity; Androgenic alopecia; Hyperandrogenemia; Urinary steroids; Women

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROID URINE LEVEL; VIRILIZATION;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANDROGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; REFERENCE VALUES; STEROIDS;

EID: 0033993841     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(99)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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