Sex hormone responses in healthy men and male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during an oral glucose load

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 635-640

  Hjalmarsen, A ^a   Aasebo U ^a   Aakvaag, A ^b   Jorde, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

glucose; hypoxia; LH; SHBG; testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030461007     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519609090598     Document Type: Article

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