Biological uniqueness and the definition of normality. Part 2--The endocrine 'fingerprint' of healthy adults.

doi:10.1016/0306-9877(94)90038-8

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Biological uniqueness and the definition of normality. Part 2--The endocrine 'fingerprint' of healthy adults.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 1994

Schulz P, Knabe R

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In an accompanying paper, we discussed the relevance of biological uniqueness for research in physiology and medicine. We proposed the concepts of subject-specific homeostasis, or 'intrinsic' homeostasis. Here, we illustrate this concept with the example of the endocrine 'fingerprint'. 9 hormones...

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Adult
Homeostasis
Hormones
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Reference Values

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