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Lycium chinense Mill improves hypogonadism via anti-oxidative stress and anti-apoptotic effect in old aged rat model

Hyun Cheol JeongDepartment of Urology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8846-1351View further author information
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Seung Hwan JeonDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6695-6097View further author information
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Zhu Guan QunDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7841-8026View further author information
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Fahad BashraheelDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1969-7720View further author information
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Sae Woong ChoiDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3829-939XView further author information
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Su Jin KimDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1917-2780View further author information
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Woong Jin BaeDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ;Catholic Integrative Medicine Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7703-1161View further author information
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Hyuk Jin ChoDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2599-2950View further author information
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U-Syn HaDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9930-0588View further author information
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Sung Hoo HongDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1952-4010View further author information
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Ji Youl LeeDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6775-1157View further author information
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Seong Bin HongBiomix Inc, Goyang, KoreaView further author information
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Sae Woong KimDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ;Catholic Integrative Medicine Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 287-296 | Received 12 Mar 2018, Accepted 04 Jul 2018, Published online: 29 Sep 2018

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