A brief history of adrenal research. Steroidogenesis - The soul of the adrenal.

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 5-14

  Miller, Walter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Adrenal history; Adrenal hyperplasia; Brown Sequard; Steroid hormones; Steroidogenic enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTISONE; CYTOCHROME P450; DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HORMONES; HUMANS; STEROID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; STEROIDS;

EID: 84876095511     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.10.023     Document Type: Review

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