Aging of the human adrenal cortex

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 229-242

  Hornsby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Cortex; DHEA

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENARCHE; AGING; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; APOPTOSIS; BENIGN TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIFESPAN; MATURITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; AGING; HUMANS;

EID: 0036550493     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-1637(01)00007-1     Document Type: Review

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