Serum vitamin D levels and hypogonadism in men

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 748-754

  Lerchbaum, E ^a,b   Pilz, S ^a,c   Trummer, C ^a   Rabe, T ^b   Schenk, M ^d   Heijboer, A C ^c   Obermayer Pietsch, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Das Kinderwunsch Institut   (Austria)

Author keywords

Androgens; Hypogonadism; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEMEN ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906055321     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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