Lower Serum Androstenedione Levels in Pre-Rheumatoid Arthritis versus Normal Control Women: Correlations with Lower Serum Cortisol Levels.

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Published in Autoimmune Dis on May 22, 2013

Authors

Alfonse T Masi1, Kevin B Elmore, Azeem A Rehman, Robert T Chatterton, Ned J Goertzen, Jean C Aldag

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine (UICOMP), One Illini Drive, Peoria, IL 61656, USA.

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