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Aging of Adrenal Cortex and Ovary

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Aging, Reproduction, and the Climacteric

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The early impetus to study hormone secretion in aging resulted from attempts to understand the failing libido noted in many older men. The topic has been investigated and reinvestigated as methods improved, from crude bioassays to crude steroid measurements (the 17-ketosteroids) arriving finally at our present level of sophistication in hormone analysis. Nevertheless, even the semiquantitative bioassays and the gross group measurements of steroids revealed the basic outlines of aging in the adrenal cortex and ovary.

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  1. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20205, USA

    Mortimer B. Lipsett

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  1. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Luigi Mastroianni Jr.

  2. University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington, USA

    C. Alvin Paulsen

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Lipsett, M.B. (1986). Aging of Adrenal Cortex and Ovary. In: Mastroianni, L., Paulsen, C.A. (eds) Aging, Reproduction, and the Climacteric. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5047-7_5

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