Low testosterone levels as an independent predictor of mortality in men with chronic liver disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-328

  Grossmann, Mathis ^a   Hoermann, Rudolf ^a   Gani, Linsey ^a   Chan, Irene ^a   Cheung, Ada ^a   Gow, Paul J ^a,b   Li, Angela ^b   Zajac, Jeffrey D ^a   Angus, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEATH; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84863694986     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04347.x     Document Type: Article

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