Effect of fasting during the month of Ramadan on serum levels of luteinizing hormone and testosterone in people living in the below sea level environment in the Jordan Valley

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-77

  El Migdadi, Fayig ^a   Shotar, Ali ^b   El Akawi, Zeyad ^b   Banihani, Ibrahim ^b   Abudheese, Rola ^b   Oweis, Wajih ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Below sea level; Fasting; Human; Luteinizing hormone; Ramadan; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEA LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JORDAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FASTING; HUMANS; JORDAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RELIGION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 3242746876     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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