Sex Steroid Metabolism in Benign and Malignant Intact Prostate Biopsies: Individual Profiling of Prostate Intracrinology

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(a) Schematic representation of the different pathways evaluated by TLC byproducts formation after exposure to ³H-androstenedione or ³H-testosterone. (b) Frequency of the major pattern of conversions observed during incubation in all subjects (more than one conversion reaction can be observed in the same subject). ; BPH: benign prostatic hyperplasia (); PC: prostate cancer ().

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