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  • The study was conducted on human males and the abstract states that "... the microwave dose used for contraception seems to cause damage in Leydig cell function .... and then influence (s) endocrine function of testis."

    Microwave Technology: An End to the Human Race 2008

  • First, there is the same Leydig Cell anomaly that had caused temporary sterility in a number of cases of males treated with statins.

    The Smell of a Million Melted Computers Zoe Brain 2007

  • In a male with Leydig cells affected by this, both oestrogen and testosterone production would be affected, as would DHT.

    Yet Another Data Point Zoe Brain 2006

  • The Leydig cell anomaly could be reasonably expected to cause under-masculinisation during foetal development, so chances of Harry Benjamin's Syndrome HBS are increased, possibly to the 1 in 5 level found when DES is administered to the mother in the first trimester.

    Yet Another Data Point Zoe Brain 2006

  • Despite the approvals literature saying that cholesterol inhibitors do not affect hormone levels, there are people in which they do, people with a genetic mutation that leaves them dependent upon the Leydig cells of the testes to create cholesterol for hormones.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Zoe Brain 2006

  • Despite the approvals literature saying that cholesterol inhibitors do not affect hormone levels, there are people in which they do, people with a genetic mutation that leaves them dependent upon the Leydig cells of the testes to create cholesterol for hormones.

    A Possible Answer Zoe Brain 2006

  • On the strictly physical level, energy imbalance in the first chakra can lead to problems in any of the physical structures that are associated with this chakra: the sacrum, the lower spine, the rectum, the descending colon, the anus, and the Leydig cells which produce testosterone, and are also strongly influenced by the second chakra.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • On the strictly physical level, energy imbalance in the first chakra can lead to problems in any of the physical structures that are associated with this chakra: the sacrum, the lower spine, the rectum, the descending colon, the anus, and the Leydig cells which produce testosterone, and are also strongly influenced by the second chakra.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • [273] See review by Leydig in _Isis_, 1848, pp. 161-193.

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

  • The view that the content of the neurochordal tubes was nervous in nature was first promulgated by Leydig in 1864.

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

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