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From prenatal life into senescence, testosterone is essential requirement for manhood

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Issued Date

2009

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Review

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1252208

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มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ

Bibliographic Citation

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 92, No.4 (2009), p.573-587

Suggested Citation

Pradidarcheep W., Showpittapornchai U. From prenatal life into senescence, testosterone is essential requirement for manhood. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 92, No.4 (2009), p.573-587. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/7359

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From prenatal life into senescence, testosterone is essential requirement for manhood

Author(s)

Pradidarcheep W.
 Showpittapornchai U.

Abstract

Prenatally, organisms have the bipotentiality to differentiate along either male or female lines, a process with different stages, each with a narrow window of time, during which testosterone plays a pivotal role in the case of male sexual differentiation. During puberty, the body directs the masculinization process with growth of the genitalia and prostate. Body contours become male, with an average height of 10-15 centimeters greater than that of females, a greater bone and muscle mass, a male hair pattern and a male-type fat distribution. These pubertal developments, largely reversible in case of severe androgen deficiency, require adult levels of testosterone throughout life. A new area of interest is in exploring how far age-related body changes (loss of bone and muscle mass, a shift into a higher ratio of body fat/lean body mass) are part of an age-related decline of testicular testosterone production. Therefore, throughout life, testosterone is essential for a normal male life.

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Androgen
 Estrogen
 Steroid 5alpha reductase
 Testosterone
 Testosterone 17beta dehydrogenase
 Adrenal hyperplasia
 Androgen blood level
 Androgen deficiency
 Androgen insensitivity syndrome
 Body build
 Body composition
 Body fat distribution
 Body height
 Bone density
 Bone mass
 Brain maturation
 Clinical feature
 Hair
 Hematopoiesis
 Hormone action
 Hormone deficiency
 Human
 Lean body weight
 Male
 Male genital system function
 Masculinity
 Muscle mass
 Muscle strength
 Nonhuman
 Organ growth
 Osteolysis
 Penis
 Prenatal development
 Prostate
 Puberty
 Review
 Senescence
 Sex difference
 Sex differentiation
 Sexual development
 Skin
 Testosterone release
 Aging
 Body Composition
 Body Size
 Humans
 Male
 Penis
 Prostate
 Puberty
 Sex Characteristics
 Sexual Maturation
 Testosterone

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/7359

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