Inhibin B in Plasma Samples from Male Volunteer Panel Selected for Health but Not Fertility: Sources of Variability

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-109

  Stewart, Jane ^a   Bickerton, Sue ^a   Betts, Catherine J ^a   Kirk, Sarah ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical trial design; endocrine monitoring; inhibin B

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN B;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEN'S HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873449603     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21049     Document Type: Article

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