Sex hormone levels and functional outcomes: A controlled study of patients with spinal cord injury compared with healthy subjects

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 784-790

  Celik, Berna ^a,b   Sahin, Aynur ^a   Caglar, Nil ^a   Erhan, Belgin ^a   Gunduz, Berrin ^a   Gultekin, Ozlem ^a   Karabulut, Muhammet ^a  

^a Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

FIM; Free Testosterone; Luteinizing Hormone; Spinal Cord Injury; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34748824977     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318151fa70     Document Type: Article

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