The steroid metabolome of adrenarche

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-143

  Rege, Juilee ^a   Rainey, William E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENARCHE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; METABOLOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROID URINE LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENARCHE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; METABOLOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; STEROIDS; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 84866275590     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-12-0183     Document Type: Review

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