Ovarian hilus-cell hyperplasia and high serum testosterone in a patient with postmenopausal virilization

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 472-475

  Delibasi, Tuncay ^a   Erdogan, Murat F ^a   Serinsöz, Ebru ^a   Kaygusuz, Gulsah ^a   Erdogan, Gurbuz ^a   Sertçelik, Ayse ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GONADAL DISEASE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY CYST; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TESTOSTERONE; VIRILISM;

EID: 35148818786     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.13.5.472     Document Type: Article

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