Testosterone deficiency in male heart failure patients and its effect on endothelial progenitor cells

Aging Male

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-186

  Florvaag, Anna ^a   Oberle, Volker ^a   Fritzenwanger, Michael ^a   Kretschmar, Daniel ^a   Betge, Stefan ^a   Goebel, Bjoern ^a   Barz, Dagmar ^a   Ferrari, Markus ^a   Figulla, Hans R ^a   Franz, Marcus ^a   Jung, Christian ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial progenitor cells; Heart failure; NYHA; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADIPONECTIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CREATININE; CYTOKINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84864862636     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2012.702361     Document Type: Article

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