Effects of long-term erythropoietin therapy on the hypothalamo-pituitary-testicular axis in male CAPD patients

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 448-454

  Tokgoz B ^a   Utas C ^a   Dogukan, A ^a   Guven M ^a   Taskapan H ^a   Oymak, O ^a   Kelestimur F ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; IRON; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOLUS INJECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; TIME; UREMIA; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0034776981     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080102100501     Document Type: Article

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