Endocrine alterations in the aging male

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 934-941

  Elmlinger, Martin W ^a   Dengler, Thomas ^b   Weinstock, Christoph ^c   Kuehnel, Werner ^d  

^a Univ Hospital Pediatric Endocrinol   (Germany)

^b Institut Baden Baden   (Germany)

^c Abteilung Transfusionsmedizin   (Germany)

^d DPC Academy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen; Anti aging; Calculated free testosterone: cFT; Free androgen index: FAI; Growth hormone: GH; Immunoassay

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANDROGENS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0042975018     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.142     Document Type: Article

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