Elevated T/E2 Ratio Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Cerebrovascular Disease in Elderly Men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gong, Yanping ^a   Xiao, Haiying ^a   Li, Chunlin ^a   Bai, Jie ^a   Cheng, Xiaoling ^a   Jin, Mengmeng ^a   Sun, Boruo ^a   Lu, Yanhui ^a   Shao, Yinghong ^a   Tian, Hui ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84876581315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061598     Document Type: Article

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