Age and hormone replacement therapy as factors influencing androgen levels in the postmenopausal female

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-207

  Ali, Iaisha ^a   James, Tim ^b   Meston, Niki ^b   Wojnarowska, Fenella ^a   Shine, Brian ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen; Hormone replacement therapy; Postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 59849099891     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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