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The association between serum dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate (DHEA-S) level and bone mineral density in Korean men.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2015
Lee Dain, Kim Hyeonmok, Ahn Seong Hee, Lee Seung Hun, Bae Sung Jin, Kim Eun Hee, Kim Hong-Kyu, Choe Jae Won, Kim Beom-Jun, Koh Jung-Min
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CONTEXT: Many lines of evidence indicate that dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) plays a distinct role in bone metabolism and that its sulphated form (DHEA-S), which is easily measured in blood, may be a potential biomarker of osteoporosis-related phenotypes. However, most previous epidemiologic studies focused on postmenopausal women and reported conflicting results. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the association...
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