The effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on the thymus, spleen, and adrenals of prepubertal and adult female rats

Endocrine Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-126

  Parker Jr , C R ^a   Conway Myers, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THYMUS;

EID: 7344251901     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07435809809135522     Document Type: Article

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