Desaturation function does not decline after menopause in human females

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-32

  Liu, Y W ^a   Medeiros, L C ^a,b   Revesz, E ^a   O'Dorisio, T M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen; Insulin; Type 2 Diabetes; 5 Desaturase; 6 Desaturase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ESTROGEN; INSULIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033996692     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978581     Document Type: Article

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