Free androgen index is superior to total testosterone for short-term assessment of the gonadal axis after renal transplantation

Hormone Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 248-252

  Reinhardt, Walter ^a   Patschan, Daniel ^a   Pietruck, Frank ^a   Philipp, Thomas ^a   Janssen, Onno E ^a   Mann, Klaus ^a   Jockenhövel, Friedrich ^b   Witzke, Oliver ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Pituitary gonadal axis; Renal transplantation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744473395     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089292     Document Type: Article

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