Low Testosterone Correlates with Delayed Development in Male Orangutans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Emery Thompson, Melissa ^a,b   Zhou, Amy ^b,c   Knott, Cheryl D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PONGO; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84867522517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047282     Document Type: Article

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