Adrenal changes associated with adrenarche

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 19-26

  Nakamura, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Gang, Hui Xiao ^b   Suzuki, Takashi ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Rainey, William E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenarche; Adrenocortical changes; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME B5; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENARCHE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENARCHE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CYTOCHROMES B5; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 62449268868     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-008-9092-2     Document Type: Review

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