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Osteocalcin and the pituitary-gonadal axis in older men: a population-based study.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2015
Limonard E J, van Schoor N M, de Jongh R T, Lips P, Fliers E, Bisschop P H
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OBJECTIVE: Osteocalcin is a well-known marker of bone formation. Recently, mice lacking osteocalcin or its receptor were reported to be subfertile with low testosterone and high luteinizing hormone concentrations. In parallel, in humans, a loss-of-function mutation of the osteocalcin receptor was associated with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. This suggests that osteocalcin is necessary for normal...
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