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. Secondary objectives Time to response. Dose–response relationship. Effect of metyrapone on levels of serum cortisol, UFC, salivary cortisol, ACTH, 11-deoxycortisol, total testosterone, androstenedione, DHEAS in terms of percent variation
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.7 92.6 ± 3.2 0.67 0.03 ± 0.02 0.12 Testosterone (nmol/L) 4.1 ± 0.2 2.9 ± 0.1 2.7 ± 0.1 <0.01 −24.6 ± 2.6 <0.01 4.4 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 0.2 4.2 ± 0.8 0.73 −0.1 ± 1.5 0.18 SHBG (nmol/L) 31.1 ± 1.0 35.3 ± 1.2 36
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androgens, in both sexes, there are different synthesis pathways; a classic pathway where testosterone is synthesized directly in testicular Leydig cells in men and ovarian theca cells in women. Androgens are parallel produced from Δ5- and Δ4-precursors, and
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oral estradiol valerate a day or 100 µg/24 h estradiol patch twice a week. People older than 40 years were advised to be treated with transdermal estrogens, because of thrombosis risk ( 12 ). Transmen were treated with testosterone. They could choose
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glucose, insulin, lipids, liver enzymes and testosterone levels. A glucose tolerance test (GTT) was done after an overnight fast with an intra-peritoneal injection of glucose (2 mg/kg). Glucose was measured at the following time points: 0, 15, 30, 60, 90