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Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in humans
Secondary sexual traits that develop under the action of testosterone, such as masculine human male facial characteristics, have been proposed to signal the strength of the immune system due to the sex hormone's immunosuppressive action. Recent work has suggested that glucocorticoid stress horm...
Autores principales: | Rantala, Markus J., Moore, Fhionna R., Skrinda, Ilona, Krama, Tatjana, Kivleniece, Inese, Kecko, Sanita, Krams, Indrikis |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Pub. Group
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22353724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1696 |
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