Second to fourth digit ratio, adult testosterone level and testosterone deficiency

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-271

  García Cruz, Eduardo ^a   Huguet, Jorge ^a   Piqueras, Marta ^a   Ribal, María J ^a   Alcaraz, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

digit ratio; testosterone; testosterone deficiency syndrome

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SMOKING HABIT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

AGED; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SYNDROME; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84655162169     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10249.x     Document Type: Article

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