Gonadotropins are related to lean mass in healthy postmenopausal women

Endocrine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 119-124

  García Martín, Antonia ^a   Reyes García, Rebeca ^a   García Castro, José Miguel ^b   Muñoz Garach, Araceli ^c   Escobar Jiménez, Fernando ^a   Muñoz Torres, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Lean mass; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84879539385     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07435800.2012.733987     Document Type: Article

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