Sexual function does not change when serum testosterone levels are pharmacologically varied within the normal male range

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1118-1123

  Buena, F ^a   Swerdloff, R S ^a   Steiner, B S ^a   Lutchmansingh, P ^a   Peterson, M A ^a   Pandian, M R ^a   Galmarini, M ^a   Bhasin, S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; NPT; sexual function; Testosterone; testosterone microcapsules

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0027276454     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55938-x     Document Type: Article

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