Androgens and Cardiovascular Disease
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Androgens and cardiovascular disease.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is increasing interest in age-related changes in sex hormone levels as a potentially treatable cause of ill-health in men. Relationships between androgens and cardiovascular disease will be discussed, with particular attention to more recently published research. RECENT FINDINGS In middle-aged and older men, lower testosterone levels are associated with insulin resista...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Reviews
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0163-769X,1945-7189
DOI: 10.1210/er.2003-0005