The postmenopausal ovary is not a major androgen-producing gland

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 5060-5066

  Couzinet, Beatrice ^a   Meduri, Geri ^a   Lecce, Maria G ^a   Young, Jacques ^a   Brailly, Sylvie ^a   Loosfelt, Hugues ^a   Milgrom, Edwin ^a   Schaison, Gilbert ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; DEXAMETHASONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034750212     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.10.7900     Document Type: Article

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