Circulating concentration of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) in women suffering from chronic idiopathic urticaria in relation to their pre- or post-menopausal status

Maturitas

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-215

  Kasperska Zajac, Alicja ^a   Brzoza, Zenon ^a   Rogala, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic idiopathic urticaria; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Post menopausal; Pre menopausal

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; URTICARIA;

EID: 36049028746     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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