The content of four immunomodulatory steroids and major androgens in human semen

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 307-316

  Hampl, Richard ^a   Pohanka, Michal ^a   Hill, Martin ^a   Stárka, Luboslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Androgens; Dehydroepiandrosterone metabolites; Human semen; Immune environment; Serum

Indexed keywords

7 HYDROXYDEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ETHER; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PRASTERONE; SOLVENT; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAMPLE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERUM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPERM; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANDROGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037319304     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(03)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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