Testosterone levels in pregnant women correlate with the insulin response during the glucose tolerance test

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 492-497

  Dokras, Anuja ^a,b   Spaczynski, Robert Z ^c   Behrman, Harold R ^d   Duleba, Antoni J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Glucose tolerance test; IGF; Insulin; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRIOL; INSULIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN RESPONSE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037338006     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04764-7     Document Type: Article

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