Testosterone suppresses hepcidin in men: A potential mechanism for testosterone-induced erythrocytosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4743-4747

  Bachman, Eric ^a   Feng, Rui ^b   Travison, Thomas ^a   Li, Michelle ^a   Olbina, Gordana ^d   Ostland, Vaughn ^d   Ulloor, Jagadish ^a   Zhang, Anqi ^a   Basaria, Shehzad ^a   Ganz, Tomas ^c   Westerman, Mark ^d   Bhasin, Shalender ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Intrinsic LifeSciences LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77957779215     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0864     Document Type: Article

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