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Advanced technics of steroid hormone analysis in body fluids coupled with a more detailed knowledge of steroid hormone metabolism permits at this time the formulation of a working hypothesis to explain the changes in steroid hormones in the ageing individual. In this review a brief summary of our present knowledge of steroid biosynthesis will be presented together with an analysis of the changes that are associated with the ageing process.
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Dorfman, R.I. (1958). Steroid Hormones and Ageing. In: Nowakowski, H. (eds) Hormone und Psyche die Endokrinologie des Alternden Menschen. Symposion der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87014-9_17
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