Elevated sex hormone binding globulin levels may contribute to sexual dysfunction in men with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-95

  Rao, Jyoti ^a   Danoff, Ann ^a   Bini, Edmund J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG USE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 67651174424     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3180cabc14     Document Type: Letter

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