Serum inhibin B levels reflect Sertoli cell function in normal men and men with testicular dysfunction

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3341-3345

  Anawalt, Bradley D ^a,b,d,f,i   Bebb, Richard A ^a,b,d,f   Matsumoto, Alvin M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Groome, Nigel P ^g   Illingworth, Peter J ^h   McNeilly, Alan S ^h   Bremner, William J ^a,b,d,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pop Ctr for Res in Reproduction   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Division of Metabolism   (United States)

^e Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Vet Aff Puget Sound Hlth Care S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEAL CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DISEASE;

ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHIBINS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0029847772     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3341     Document Type: Article

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