CARDIOVASCULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Endogenous Sex Hormones and Cardiovascular Disease in Men
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Endogenous sex hormones and cardiovascular disease in men.
Unlike women, men do not experience an abrupt reduction in endogenous sex hormone production. It has, however, become clear that an age-associated decrease in the levels of (bioactive) sex hormones does occur. Whether endogenous sex hormones have an impact on cardiovascular disease has for many years remained largely unknown, but during the last decade more attention has been drawn to the impor...
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