The negative association between serum free testosterone and leptin is dependent on insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 1 in healthy young and middle-aged men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-498

  Erfurth, Eva Marie ^a   Ahrén, Bo ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034061509     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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