dehydroepiandrostenedione

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dehydroepiandrostenedione (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of dehydroepiandrosterone
    • 2015 September 9, Muhammad M. Hammami et al., “Case report of severe Cushing’s syndrome in medullary thyroid cancer complicated by functional diabetes insipidus, aortic dissection, jejunal intussusception, and paraneoplastic dysautonomia: remission with sorafenib without reduction in cortisol concentration”, in BMC Cancer[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      Normalization of dehydroepiandrostenedione sulfate and elevation of progesterone suggest inhibition of 17-hydroxylase and 21-hydroxylase activities by sorafenib.