Sex-hormone-binding globulin is negatively correlated with femoral bone-mineral density in male cardiac-transplant recipients

Osteoporosis and the subsequent increase in incidence of fractures are a common problem after cardiac transplantation. We performed a cross-sectional evaluation of male cardiac-transplant recipients in a late post-transplantation period (4.2 +/- 2.6 years after cardiac transplantation, n = 21). Bone...

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