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Raju U, Bradlow HL, Skidmore FD, et al. The concentration of 16x-hydroxy androgens in serum and cyst fluid of women with gross cystic disease of the breast. Steroids. 1989;54(1):101-12doi: 10.1016/0039-128x(89)90077-9.
Raju, U., Bradlow, H. L., Skidmore, F. D., & Levitz, M. (1989). The concentration of 16x-hydroxy androgens in serum and cyst fluid of women with gross cystic disease of the breast. Steroids, 54(1), 101-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-128x(89)90077-9
Raju, U, et al. "The concentration of 16x-hydroxy androgens in serum and cyst fluid of women with gross cystic disease of the breast." Steroids vol. 54,1 (1989): 101-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-128x(89)90077-9
Raju U, Bradlow HL, Skidmore FD, Levitz M. The concentration of 16x-hydroxy androgens in serum and cyst fluid of women with gross cystic disease of the breast. Steroids. 1989 Jul;54(1):101-12. doi: 10.1016/0039-128x(89)90077-9. PMID: 2530661.
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Steroids. 1989 Jul;54(1):101-12. doi: 10.1016/0039-128x(89)90077-9.

The concentration of 16x-hydroxy androgens in serum and cyst fluid of women with gross cystic disease of the breast.

Steroids

U Raju, H L Bradlow, F D Skidmore, M Levitz

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Medical School, NY 10016.

PMID: 2530661 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128x(89)90077-9

Abstract

The concentrations of 16 alpha-hydroxydehydroepi-androsterone sulfate (16 alpha-OHDHAS) and androst-5-ene-3 beta, 16 alpha-, 17 beta-triol-3-sulfate (A-TriolS) were measured in the plasma and breast cyst fluid (BCF) of women with gross cystic disease of the breast. In the 19 BCF samples analyzed, the 16 alpha-OHDHAS and A-TriolS concentrations ranged from 15 to 1130 ng/mL, and 12 to 871 ng/mL, respectively. However the concentrations of these steroids in the sera of these women were lower (15-179 ng/mL, 8-80 ng/mL, respectively). Estriol-3-sulfate (E3-3S) concentrations in the BCF samples ranged from barely detectable (0.2 ng/mL) to 3 micrograms/mL. In BCF or serum a positive linear correlation was observed in the concentration of 16 alpha-OHDHAS and A-TriolS (p less than 0.001 and 0.05, respectively). However, in the same patients no statistical significance was observed in the BCF vs serum concentrations of these two steroids. When the specimens from this and previous studies were combined, positive correlation was found between potassium ion concentration and E3-3S or 16 alpha-OHDHAS. The origin of the high concentration of E3-3S is still obscure. Although no linear correlation between 16 alpha-OHDHAS and E3-3S was observed, the possibility of a precursor-product relationship between the two is not elimnated.

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