Urinary markers of adrenarche: Reference values in healthy subjects, aged 3-18 years

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2015-2021

  Remer, Thomas ^a   Boye, Kai R ^a   Hartmann, Michaela F ^b   Wudy, Stefan A ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16 ALPHA HYDROXY DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; 3 BETA 16 ALPHA 17 BETA ANDROSTENETRIOL; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTERONE DERIVATIVE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; PRASTERONE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STEROID URINE LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 17844368603     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1571     Document Type: Article

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