The effect of simvastatin treatment on plasma steroid levels in females with non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 643-646

  Krysiak, R ^a   Okopien, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

adrenal cortex; androgens; congenital adrenal hyperplasia; statins

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; SIMVASTATIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; SIMVASTATIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84889079323     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1355383     Document Type: Article

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