Elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels as the reproductive phenotype in the brothers of women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2134-2138

  Legro, Richard S ^a,b,c   Kunselman, Allen R ^a,b,c   Demers, Lawrence ^a,b,c   Wang, Steve C ^a,b,c   Bentley Lewis, Rhonda ^a,b,c   Dunaif, Andrea ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIBLING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0036090267     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.5.8387     Document Type: Article

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