Medroxyprogesterone and paraphiles: Do testosterone levels matter?

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-83

  Kravitz, Howard M ^a   Haywood, Thomas W ^a   Kelly, Jonathan ^a   Liles, Sue ^a   Cavanaugh Jr , James L ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; PARAPHILIAS; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029914453     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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