The effects of gonadotropin suppression and selective replacement on insulin-like factor 3 secretion in normal adult men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1108-1111

  Bay, Katrine ^a   Matthiesson, Kati L ^b   McLachlan, Robert I ^b   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; INSULIN LIKE FACTOR 3; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PRO ALPHAC; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GONADOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33644826521     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1865     Document Type: Article

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