Serum LH concentrations in hypogonadal men during transdermal testosterone replacement through scrotal skin: Further evidence that ageing enhances testosterone negative feedback

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-322

  Winters, Stephen J ^a,c   Atkinson, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030773411     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2551065.x     Document Type: Article

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