Disparate serum free testosterone concentrations and degrees of hypothalamo-pituitary-luteinizing hormone suppression are achieved by continuous versus pulsatile intravenous androgen replacement in men: A clinical experimental model of ketoconazole-induced reversible hypoandrogenemia with controlled testosterone add-back

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2062-2069

  Zwart, Alexander D ^b,d   Iranmanesh, Ali ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Internal Medicine Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030872438     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.7.2062     Document Type: Article

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