Mechanisms of hypoandrogenemia in healthy aging men

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 935-955

  Liu, Peter Y ^a   Iranmanesh, Ali ^b,c   Nehra, Ajay X ^a   Keenan, Daniel M ^d   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE DEPLETION;

AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE;

EID: 27944460951     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2005.07.008     Document Type: Review

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