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. 1973 Mar 3;1(5852):520–522. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5852.520

Androgen Responses during Physical Exercise

J R Sutton, M J Coleman, J Casey, L Lazarus
PMCID: PMC1588661  PMID: 4692677

Abstract

The serum androgen response to physical exercise was studied in highly trained athletes and in normal male medical students. Serum androgens rose in response to maximal exercise and the rise was independent of serum luteinizing hormone. No response was obtained with submaximal exercise.

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