Sexual functioning in testosterone-supplemented patients treated for bilateral testicular cancer

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 461-467

  Van Basten, J P ^a   Van Uriel, M F ^a   Jonker Pool, C ^a   Sleijfer, D T H ^a   Schraffordt Koops, H ^a   Hoekstra, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Castration; Sexual function; Testicular cancer; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MOOD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORCHIECTOMY; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031397458     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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