Presence of 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3 messenger ribonucleic acid transcript in an ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 534-537

  Barbieri, Robert L ^a   Xiaoying, Gao ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

17 HSD1; 17 HSD2; 17 HSD3; 17 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase isozymes; Androgen production; Leydig cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANDROBLASTOMA; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THECA CELL; THECOMA;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI-LEYDIG CELL TUMOR;

EID: 0342547165     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00233-1     Document Type: Article

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