Low levels of endogenous androgens increase the risk of atherosclerosis in elderly men: The Rotterdam Study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3632-3639

  Elisabeth Hak, A ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^a   Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Pols, Huibert A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036342660     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.87.8.3632     Document Type: Article

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