Physiological testosterone replenishment in healthy elderly men does not normalize pituitary growth hormone output: Evidence against the connection between senile hypogonadism and somatopause

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3255-3260

  Orrego, John J ^a   Dimaraki, Eleni ^a   Symons, Kathy ^b   Barkan, Ariel L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGONADISM; INFUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 3242721117     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031530     Document Type: Article

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