Changes in serum concentrations of conjugated and unconjugated steroids in 40- to 80-year-old men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1086-1090

  Belanger A ^a   Candas, B ^a   Dupont, A ^a   Cusan, L ^a   Diamond, P ^a   Gomez, J L ^a   Labrie, F ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEX HORMONES; STEROIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0028102976     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.79.4.7962278     Document Type: Article

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