Inhibition of aldosterone production by testosterone in male rats

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1108-1114

  Kau, Mei Mei ^b   Lo, Ming Jae ^b   Wang, Shyi Wu ^b   Tsai, Shiow Chwen ^b   Chen, Jiann Jong ^b   Chiao, Yu Chung ^b   Yeh, Jiun Yih ^b   Lin, Ho ^b   Shum, Andrew Yau Chik ^b   Fang, Victor S ^b   Ho, Low Tone ^b   Wang, Paulus S ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANGIOTENSIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; PREGNENOLONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 13044250460     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(99)90123-3     Document Type: Article

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