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No evidence for the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in male humans

The observations that testosterone might be immunosuppressive, form the basis for the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH). According to ICHH only high-quality individuals can maintain high levels of testosterone and afford the physiological cost of hormone-derived immunosuppression. The anim...

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Autores principales: Nowak, Judyta, Pawłowski, Bogusław, Borkowska, Barbara, Augustyniak, Daria, Drulis-Kawa, Zuzanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5943526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29743556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25694-0