A case of virilizing Brenner tumor in a postmenopausal woman with stromal androgenic activity

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-232

  Takeuchi, Kyousuke ^a   Kitazawa, Sohei ^a   Wakahashi, Senn ^a   Sugimoto, Makoto ^a   Morizane, Mayumi ^a   Maruo, Takeshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brenner tumor; c Jun protein; Stromal cells; Testosterone; Virilization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROTEIN C JUN; TESTOSTERONE; AROMATASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRENNER TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DOWN REGULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STROMA CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VIRILIZATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GONADAL DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANDROGENS; AROMATASE; BRENNER TUMOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; STROMAL CELLS; TESTOSTERONE; VIRILISM;

EID: 33747174580     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000192272.59308.ee     Document Type: Article

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