Inverse correlation between serum testosterone and leptin in men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3243-3246

  Luukkaa, Virve ^a   Pesonen, Ullamari ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a   Lehtonen, Aapo ^b   Tilvis, Reijo ^c   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^d   Koulu, Markku ^a   Huupponen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Turku Municipal Hospital   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INSULIN; KINETICS; LEPTIN; MALE; PROTEINS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031741597     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.9.3243     Document Type: Article

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