Ovarian thecoma with androgenic manifestations in a postmenopausal woman

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 405-408

  Siekierska Hellmann, Małgorzata ^a   Sworczak, Krzysztof ^a   Babińska, Anna ^a   Wojtylak, Szymon ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Postmenopusal androgenization; Small cell virilizing thecoma

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; 17 OXOSTEROID; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GONADAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THECOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRILIZATION;

FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TESTOSTERONE; THECOMA; VIRILISM;

EID: 33746846955     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590600842539     Document Type: Article

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