A direct approach to the estimation of the origin of oestrogens and androgens in elderly men by comparison with hormone levels in postmenopausal women

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-268

  de Ronde, Willem ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   de Jong, Frank H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 14644397328     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.01830     Document Type: Article

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