Dynamic alteration of serum testosterone with aging: A cross-sectional study from Shanghai, China

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Zhangshun ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Shi, Xiaohong ^a   Wang, Lihong ^a   Yang, Yan ^a   Tao, Minfang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Adult male; Androgen; Serum testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMARKERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942591057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0107-z     Document Type: Article

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