Reference ranges for serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and testosterone in adult men

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 610-617

  Friedrich, Nele ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a   Rosskopf, Dieter ^a   Steveling, Antje ^a   Krebs, Alexander ^a   Nauck, Matthias ^a   Wallaschofski, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Quantile regression; Reference ranges; Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP); Total testosterone

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FERTILITY; GERMANY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 56249127519     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.005561     Document Type: Article

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