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Using mass spectrometry to profile sex steroids in metabolic diseases
2020-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Sex hormones are steroids that are key co-ordinators of sexual development and are principally formed in endocrine glands. The main types of sex hormones in females are estrogens: notably estrone (E1) and estradiol (E2), whereas in males, androgens, in particular testosterone, androstenedione and 5α-dihydrotestosterone are the most prevalent. Obesity is one of the most important risk factors in development of meta...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7b35cf83-59e0-58ea-8a23-c4b2cc5c5aa8
- DOI
- 10.7488/era/787
