European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 598-601 , December 2008

Hormonal responses to marathon running in non-elite athletes

  • K. Karkoulias

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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  • I. Habeos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 2610 969130; fax: +30 2610 999696.
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  • N. Charokopos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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  • M. Tsiamita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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  • A. Mazarakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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  • A. Pouli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
    • ,
  • K. Spiropoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece

Received 19 February 2007 ,Revised 18 May 2007 ,Accepted 6 June 2007.

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PII: S0953-6205(08)00073-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.06.032

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 598-601 , December 2008

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