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ea0029p492 | Developmental endocrinology | ICEECE2012

Oestradiol and its biochemical precursor levels decline in men around the age of their late twenties, what may determine the conclusion of bone maturation

Szyska-Skrobot D. , Slowikowska-Hilczer J. , Walczak-Jedrzejowska R. , Kula P. , Marchlewska K. , Oszukowska E. , Filipiak E. , Mezyk R. , Kowalska A. , Kula K.

Introduction: Longitudinal bone growth ceases by the end of puberty, and the induction of epiphyseal maturation and closure is thought to be a result in both sexes of the action of increased pubertal oestrogen concentrations. However, bone mass accrual progresses beyond puberty and we related sex steroid hormones and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels to calcaneal quantitative ultrasound index (QUI) in young adult men.Methods: Eighty men aged bet...

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Oestradiol and its biochemical precursor levels decline in men around the age of their late twenties, what may determine the conclusion of bone maturation

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