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Ruth Best

Western General Hospital

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R Best, R. Best, Ruth Best

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Western General HospitalUniversity of Edinburgh
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Ruth Best is an author at Western General Hospital specializing in biosynthesis, metabolomics, and endocrinology.

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11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 knockout mice show attenuated glucocorticoid-inducible responses and resist hyperglycemia on obesity or stress

Yuri Kotelevtsev, Megan C. Holmes, Ann N. Burchell,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

1997

849

Cyp7b, a novel brain cytochrome P450, catalyzes the synthesis of neurosteroids 7α-hydroxy dehydroepiandrosterone and 7α-hydroxy pregnenolone

Ken A. Rose, Genevieve Stapleton, Karin Dott,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

1997

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Seasonal Variation in Glucocorticoid Activity in Healthy Men<sup>1</sup>

Brian R. Walker, Ruth Best, Joseph P. Noon,

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

1997

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Additional value of measurement of urinary cortisone and unconjugated cortisol metabolites in assessing the activity of 11β‐hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase <i>in vivo</i>

Ruth Best, B. R. Walker

Clinical Endocrinology

1997

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Increased Vasoconstrictor Sensitivity to Glucocorticoids in Essential Hypertension

Brian R. Walker, Ruth Best, Cedric Shackleton,

Hypertension

1996

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Dexamethasone and 11-dehydrodexamethasone as tools to investigate the isozymes of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in vitro and in vivo

Ruth Best, Susan M. Nelson, BR Walker

Journal of Endocrinology

1997

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