Male sex hormones may influence the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in young men

Digestion

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 88-92

  Kim, Beom Jin ^a   Rhee, Poong Lyul ^a   Park, Jung Ho ^b   Chang, Dong Kyung ^a   Kim, Young Ho ^a   Son, Hee Jung ^a   Kim, Jae J ^a   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a   Lee, Hyuk ^c  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel syndrome; Sex hormones; Young men

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 54949136915     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000166600     Document Type: Article

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