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EFFECT OF AGE ON PLASMA ANDROSTENEDIONE CONCENTRATION IN OOPHORECTOMIZED WOMEN
Author(s) -
CRILLY R. G.,
MARSHALL D. H.,
NORDIN B. E. C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1979.tb01367.x
Subject(s) - androstenedione , medicine , endocrinology , plasma concentration , plasma levels , chemistry , hormone , androgen
SUMMARY Plasma androstenedione concentration was measured in 92 oophorectomized women in the age range 33 to 76 years. Although this concentration was significantly inversely correlated with age, the data suggest a discrete change in the first half of the sixth decade rather than a continuous fall.