Dehydroepiandrosterone secretion in healthy older men and women: Effects of testosterone and growth hormone administration in older men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4445-4452

  Muniyappa, Ranganath ^a   Wong, Kelli A ^a   Baldwin, Howard L ^a   Sorkin, John D ^b,c   Johnson, Michael L ^d   Bhasin, Shalender ^e   Harman, S Mitchell ^b,f   Blackman, Marc R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Kronos Longevity Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33751529740     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-0867     Document Type: Article

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