Evidence that the CAG repeat in the androgen receptor gene is associated with the age-related decline in serum androgen levels in men

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Krithivas, K ^a   Yurgalevitch, S M ^b   Mohr, B A ^b   Wilcox, C J ^a   Batter, S J ^a   Brown, M ^a   Longcope, C ^c   McKinlay, J B ^b   Kantoff, P W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032786806     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1620137     Document Type: Article

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