Experimentally induced androgen depletion accentuates ethnicity-related contrasts in luteinizing hormone secretion in Asian and Caucasian men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1632-1638

  Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a   Bae, Anthony ^b   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^b   Iranmanesh, Ali ^c   Wang, Christina ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ESTRADIOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 15944402122     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1362     Document Type: Article

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