Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and testosterone concentrations in human hair after chronic DHEA supplementation

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 414-415

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Cirimele, Vincent ^a   Deveaux, Marc ^b   Ludes, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b Institut de Medecine Legale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ISOLATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0034022613     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.3.414     Document Type: Article

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