Dehydroepiandrosterone replacement for patients with adrenal insufficiency

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9266, 2001, Pages 1381-1382

  Achermann, J C ^a   Silverman, B L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGE; BODY MASS; BONE TURNOVER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOOD; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035810542     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04617-1     Document Type: Note

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