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WE have reported that urinary testosterone levels tend to be low in male homosexuals, while in lesbians high levels of testosterone and luteinizing hormone (LH) coincide with abnormally low values for oestrogen output1. The purpose of this communication is to extend this work by presenting a comparison of excretion patterns for these hormones with those of normal heterosexual men and women.
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LORAINE, J., ADAMOPOULOS, D., KIRKHAM, K. et al. Patterns of Hormone Excretion in Male and Female Homosexuals. Nature 234, 552–555 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234552a0
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