Epidemiology, evaluation and diagnosis of andropause

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 4-8

  Bain, Jerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Andropause; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Testosterone; Treatment

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROPAUSE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATIGUE; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IRRITABILITY; LEYDIG CELL; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 0346969492     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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