Adrenopause or decline of serum adrenal androgens with age in women living at sea level or at high altitude

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-101

  Gonzales, G F ^a   Gonez C ^a   Villena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALTITUDE; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036232773     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1730095     Document Type: Review

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