"Dehydroepiandrosterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A major C19 steroid produced by the ADRENAL CORTEX. It is also produced in small quantities in the TESTIS and the OVARY. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) can be converted to TESTOSTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; and ESTRONE. Most of DHEA is sulfated (DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE) before secretion.
| Descriptor ID |
D003687
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.808.054.079.429.625 D04.808.578.502.400 D06.472.040.502.400 D06.472.334.851.968.952
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| Concept/Terms |
Dehydroepiandrosterone- Dehydroepiandrosterone
- 5-Androsten-3-beta-hydroxy-17-one
- 5 Androsten 3 beta hydroxy 17 one
- DHEA
- Prasterone
- Androstenolone
- Dehydroisoandrosterone
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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