Ovaries, androgens and the menopause: Practical applications

Seminars in Reproductive Endocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-120

  Plouffe Jr , Leo ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Long acting gonadotropin releasing hormone; Oophorectomy; Ovary; Postmenopausal; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 13044254796     PISSN: 07348630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1016261     Document Type: Review

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