Effects of oestradiol on gonadotrophin levels in normal and castrated men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 874-879

  De Ronde, Willem ^a   Ten Kulve, Jennifer ^a   Woerdeman, Jorn ^a   Kaufman, Jean Marc ^b   De Jong, Frank H ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LETROZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449441127     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03573.x     Document Type: Article

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