Androgens, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), and carrier proteins (SHBG, IGFBP-3) in postmenopause

Menopause

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-166

  Gambera, Alessandro ^a,b   Scagliola, Pasquale ^a   Falsetti, Leopoldo ^a   Sartori, Enrico ^a   Bianchi, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Androgens; IGF I; IGFBP 3; Ovary; Postmenopause; SHBG

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 2342489419     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000086700.47410.2A     Document Type: Article

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