Serum testosterone levels during early pregnancy in patients developing preeclampsia

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 413-418

  Tuutti, Eija K ^a   Hämäläinen, Esa K ^a   Sainio, Susanna M ^a   Hiilesmaa, Ville K ^a   Turpeinen, Ursula L ^a   Alfthan, Henrik V ^a   Stenman, Ulf Häkan E ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Androgen; Disease marker; Hypertension; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Pregnancy complication; Sex hormone binding globulin; Urinary proteins excretion

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80051750878     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2011.580858     Document Type: Article

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