A comparison of the hormone levels in patients with Sjogren's syndrome and healthy controls

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 579-583

  Taiym, S ^a   Haghighat, N ^a   Al Hashimi, I ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE; RANK SUM TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2442426169     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.10.033     Document Type: Article

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