Gynaecomastia in a man and hyperoestrogenism in a woman due to ingestion of nettle (Urtica dioica)

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1265, 2007, Pages

  Sahin, Mustafa ^a   Yilmaz, Hamiyet ^a   Gursoy, Alptekin ^a   Demirel, Asli Nar ^a   Tutuncu, Neslihan Bascil ^a   Guvener, Nilgun Demirag ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESTROGEN; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALACTORRHEA; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SIDE EFFECT; BEVERAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; METABOLISM; URTICA DIOICA;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 37249066661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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