Hot flushes in healthy aging men differ from those in men with prostate cancer and in menopausal women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-75

  Spetz Holm, Anna Clara ^a   Thorell, Lars Håkan ^a   Theodorsson, Elvar ^a   Hammar, Mats ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Climacteric; Hot flashes; Men

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

AGED; AGING; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEALTH; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT;

EID: 83655191192     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2011.588744     Document Type: Article

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