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Plasma levels of androgens tend to decrease over time in postmenopausal women.
Practitioners should be aware that androgen levels may decline with age in postmenopausal women.
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For the androgens, plasma levels tended to decrease over time consistent with an aging effect.
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Source
Reproducibility of plasma hormone levels in postmenopausal women over a 2-3-year period.
Susan E. Hankinson et al. · PubMed · 1995
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