Altered luteinizing hormone and testosterone secretion in middle-aged obese men with obstructive sleep apnea

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 780-786

  Luboshitzky, Rafael ^a   Lavie, Lena ^b   Shen Orr, Zila ^c   Herer, Paula ^b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Nasal continuous positive airway pressure; Reproductive hormones; Sleep fragmentation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; SECRETION; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 32144439859     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.88     Document Type: Article

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