Circulating dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations during the menopausal transition

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2945-2951

  Crawford, Sybil ^a   Santoro, Nanette ^b   Laughlin, Gail A ^c   Sowers, Mary Fran ^d   McConnell, Daniel ^d   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^e   Weiss, Gerson ^f   Vuga, Marike ^e   Randolph, John ^g   Lasley, Bill ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 68549096017     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0386     Document Type: Article

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