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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1979-3-13
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pubmed:abstractText |
In an effort to identify the factor(s) contributing to loss in sexual competence in alcoholics, a pilot study was made of the interrelationships of hepatic disease, plasma hormone levels and importnce in 35 male patients in an alcohol unit. Contrary to previous reports, impotence was not a direct concomitant of hepatic disease, elevated sex hormone-binding globulin capacity or hyperestrinism. The most significant aberration found was a nearly 30% lower mean free testosterone concentration which appeared to be secondary to a mean total testosterone concentration 20% below that of the subjects with normal sexual function. We conclude from this that impotence results from testicular secretion impaired by the action of alcohol or its metabolite, acetaldehyde.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0148-5016
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
1
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
193-5
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Alcoholism,
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Erectile Dysfunction,
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Estradiol,
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Liver Diseases, Alcoholic,
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin,
pubmed-meshheading:570023-Testosterone
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pubmed:year |
1978
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Factors underlying infertility in the alcoholic.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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