Effect of androgens on bone mineral density in Saudi Arabian males above the age of 50 years

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1247-1250

  Sadat Ali, Mir ^a   Abdulmohsen, H ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANDROGEN; CALCIUM; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; PHOSPHORUS; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; SAUDI ARABIA; SPINE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 35848950011     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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