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No reliable information is available regarding the relationship between blood levels of adrenocortical steroids and human sexual activity. This paper attempts to provide such data by describing the results of a prolonged study in one male subject.
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ISMAIL, A., DAVIDSON, D., LORAINE, J. et al. Relationship between Plasma Cortisol and Human Sexual Activity. Nature 237, 288–289 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237288a0
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