Thyroid hormones and male sexual function

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 668-679

  Corona, G ^a,b,o   Wu, F C W ^c   Forti, G ^a   Lee, D M ^c   O'Connor, D B ^d   O'Neill, T W ^c   Pendleton, N ^c   Bartfai, G ^e   Boonen, S ^f   Casanueva, F F ^g   Finn, J D ^c   Giwercman, A ^h   Han, T S ⁱ   Huhtaniemi, I T ^j   Kula, K ^k   Lean, M E J ^l   Punab, M ^m   Vanderschueren, D ^f,o   Jannini, E A ⁿ   Mannucci, E ^a   Maggi, M ^a   Petrone, L ^o   Borghs, H ^o   Slowikowska Hilczer, J ^o   Walczak Jedrzejowska, R ^o   Silman, A ^o   Steer, P ^o   Tajar, A ^o   Pye, S ^o   Ocampo, M ^o   Lage, M ^o   Foldesi, I ^o   Fejes Tartu, I ^o   Korrovitz, P ^o   Jiang, M ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^m TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^o NONE

more..

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Hypoactive sexual desire; Testosterone; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84866145728     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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