Reference intervals for important serum sex steroid hormones, prostate-specific antigen, insulin-like growth factor-1 and IGF binding protein-3 concentration in a normal Kuwaiti adult male population

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 342-348

  Kehinde, Elijah O ^a   Akanji, Abayomi O ^a   Mojiminiyi, Olusegun A ^a   Al Awadi, Khaleel A ^a   Al Hunayan, Adel ^a   Bashir, Abdul Aziz ^b   Abraham, Mathew P ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Insulin like growth factor; Kuwaiti males; Prostate specific antigen; Reference intervals; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; POPULATION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; KUWAIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROLACTIN; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 23844476081     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086933     Document Type: Article

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