Higher muscle protein synthesis in women than men across the lifespan, and failure of androgen administration to amend age‐related decrements
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- 30 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 23 (2) , 631-641
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.08-117200
Abstract
We investigated age and sex effects and determined whether androgen replacement in elderly individuals (≥60 yr) could augment protein synthesis. Thirty young men and 32 young women (18‐31 yr) were st...Keywords
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