Older men are as responsive as young men to the anabolic effects of graded doses of testosterone on the skeletal muscle

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 678-688

  Bhasin, Shalender ^a   Woodhouse, Linda ^a   Casaburi, Richard ^b   Singh, Atam B ^a   Mac, Ricky Phong ^a   Lee, Martin ^a   Yarasheski, Kevin E ^d   Sinha Hikim, Indrani ^a   Dzekov, Connie ^a   Dzekov, Jeanne ^a   Magliano, Lynne ^a   Storer, Thomas W ^a,c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c El Camino College   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN; LEUPRORELIN; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATURIA; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MOOD; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 20044388344     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1184     Document Type: Article

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