Operating characteristics of the male hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal Axis: Pulsatile release of testosterone and follicle-stimulating hormone and their temporal coupling with luteinizing hormone

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 929-941

  Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a   King, John C ^a   Urban, Randall J ^a   Rogol, Alan D ^a   Evans, William S ^a   Kolp, Lisa A ^a   Johnson, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PULSATILE FLOW; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023201001     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-65-5-929     Document Type: Article

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