Sex hormone receptors and testosterone in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-211

  Bentov, Yaakov ^a   Casper, Robert F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLUTAMIDE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; AGING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GENE; UPREGULATION;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 40449122270     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181614317     Document Type: Editorial

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