Urinary steroid excretion rates in acromegaly

Hormone Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 234-237

  Vierhapper, H ^a   Nowotny, P ^a   Waldhausl W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Urinary steroid excretion

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTERONE; CORTISONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TETRAHYDROCORTISONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID EXCRETION; URINARY EXCRETION;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; ACROMEGALY; ANDROSTERONE; CORTISONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TETRAHYDROCORTISOL; TETRAHYDROCORTISONE;

EID: 22544431642     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085840     Document Type: Article

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