The adrenal gland may be a target of LH action in postmenopausal women

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 875-881

  Alevizaki, Maria ^a   Saltiki, Katerina ^a   Mantzou, Emily ^a   Anastasiou, Eleni ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33745712810     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02165     Document Type: Article

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