Virilization persists in a woman with an androgen-secreting granulosa cell tumor

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 933.e13-933.e15

  Patel, Satin S ^a   Carrick, Kelley S ^a   Carr, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen; Granulosa cell tumor; inhibin; testosterone; virilizing, masculinizing

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; INHIBIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SAMPLING; STAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 61349124196     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.038     Document Type: Article

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