In men, peripheral estradiol levels directly reflect the action of estrogens at the hypothalamo-pituitary level to inhibit gonadotropin secretion

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3324-3328

  Raven, Garrett ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^b   Kaufman, Jean Marc ^c   De Ronde, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33748756702     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-0462     Document Type: Article

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