Androgen production in women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2002, Pages 3-5

  Burger, Henry G ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA); Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS); Dihydrotestosterone; Sex steroid hormone binding globulin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARY; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036242856     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(02)02985-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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