Signs of testicular insufficiency in andrenomyeloneuropathy and neurologically asymptomatic X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: A retrospective study

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 315-321

  Assies, J ^a,c   Gooren, L J G ^b   Van Geel, B ^a   Barth, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Hypothalamo pituitary testis axis; Testis function; X linked adrenoleukodystrophy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMPOTENCE; LIBIDO; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031470371     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1997.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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