Brief report: Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone and atamestane supplementation on frailty in elderly men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3988-3991

  Muller, Majon ^a   Van Den Beld, Annewieke W ^b   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAMESTANE; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; HAND GRIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; BLOOD; BONE DENSITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BONE DENSITY; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FRAIL ELDERLY; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33749544316     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2433     Document Type: Article

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