Possible role of elevated serum testosterone in pathogenesis of renal stone formation

BACKGROUND: Urolithiasis or renal stone formation occurs with three times higher frequency in males and decreases with age in parallel with the serum testosterone levels, suggesting a role played by male sex hormones. Androgens appear a promotion action and estrogens an inhibitory action on kidney s...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Kapil, Gill, Gurpreet Singh, Mahajan, Rajiv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27857889
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.192593

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27857889
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.192593

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