Higher bone mineral density in Caucasian, hirsute patients of reproductive age. Positive correlation of testosterone levels with bone mineral density in hirsutism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 683-691

  Glintborg, Dorte ^a,b   Andersen, Marianne ^a   Hagen, Claus ^a   Hermann, Anne Pernille ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANDROGEN; CALCIUM ION; ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HIP; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NECK; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; INSULIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 20444494365     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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