Role of oestrogen in male sexual behaviour: Insights from the natural model of aromatase deficiency

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-524

  Carani, Cesare ^a,b   Rochira, Vincenzo ^a   Faustini Fustini, Marco ^a   Balestrieri, Antonio ^a   Granata, Antonio R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIBIDO; MALE; MASTURBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032695247     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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