Estrogen production and metabolism in endometriosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 955, Issue , 2002, Pages 75-85

  Bulun, Serdar E ^a   Yang, Sijun ^a   Fang, Zhojuan ^a   Gurates, Bilgin ^a   Tamura, Mitsutoshi ^a   Sebastian, Siby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

17 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2; Aromatase; Aromatase inhibitor; Endometriosis; Estrogen; Estrogen biosynthesis; Estrogen metabolism; Osteoporosis; Progesterone; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; GONADORELIN; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RANTES;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036212902     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02767.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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