Impact level of dihydrotestosterone on the hypothalamic-pituitary-leydig cell axis in men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Cailleux Bounacer, Anne ^b   Rohmer, Vincent ^b   Lahlou, Najiba ^d   Lefebvre, Hervé ^c   Roger, Marc ^b   Kuhn, Jean Marc ^a,b  

^a Dept de Médecine Interne Ctr Hosp Univ Rouen Boisguillaume   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Dihydrotestosterone; Gonadotroph cell; Leydig cell; Pituitary; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADOLIBERINE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NILUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58149299709     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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