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dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in serum

Indications: - andropause - adrenarche, delayed puberty Decreases: 1) pharmaceutical agents -> glucocorticoids 2) clinical disorders -> adrenal insufficiency, primary or secondary 3) low serum DHEA-S levels predict cardiovascular events due to coronary artery disease (MI, acute coronary syndrome ..) in elderly men [7] - no association of serum DHEA-S & cardiovascular events due cerebrovascular disease (TIA, ischemic stroke) [7]

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dehydroepiandrosterone; prasterone (DHEA, Aslera, Intrarosa)

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dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in body fluid

References

  1. Medical UNiversity of South Carolina Serum dehydroepiandrosterone measurement http://www.muschealth.com/lab/content.aspx?id=150256
  2. Dehydroepiandrosterone by TMS Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 2001640
  3. Panel of 3 tests Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 2002028
  4. Panel of 4 tests Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 2002281
  5. Panel of 5 tests Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 2002282
  6. Panel of 4 tests Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 2002283
  7. Tivesten A et al. Dehydroepiandrosterone and its sulfate predict the 5-year risk of coronary heart disease events in elderly men. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Oct 28; 64:1801 PMID: 25443702 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109714059403 - Sutton NR and Pinsky DJ. Sex steroid as a new oracle to predict cardiovascular risk. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Oct 28; 64:1811. PMID: 25443703 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109714059397