Controlled Cohort Study of Serum Gonadal and Adrenocortical Steroid Levels in Males Prior to Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis (pre-RA): A Comparison to pre-RA Females and Sex Differences among the Study Groups

Serum testosterone levels are generally reported to be lower in male rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, but it is not determined if a deficiency may occur before clinical onset of disease (pre-RA). Lower testosterone levels were recently reported in males many years before RA onset but were predict...

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Autores principales: Masi, Alfonse T., Rehman, Azeem A., Chatterton, Robert T., Wang, Huaping, Goertzen, Ned J., Elmore, Kevin B., Aldag, Jean C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24371442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/284145

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