Genetic variations in the androgen receptor are associated with steroid concentrations and anthropometrics but not with muscle mass in healthy young men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  De Naeyer, Hélène ^a,b   Bogaert, Veerle ^a   De Spaey, Annelies ^a   Roef, Greet ^a   Vandewalle, Sara ^a   Derave, Wim ^b   Taes, Youri ^a   Kaufman, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC PEAK TORQUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIBLINGS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84899858740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086235     Document Type: Article

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