The role of aromatization in testosterone supplementation: Effects on cognition in older men

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 290-296

  Cherrier, M M ^a,b,c   Matsumoto, A M ^a,b   Amory, J K ^a   Ahmed, S ^a   Bremner, W ^a   Peskind, E R ^a,b   Raskind, M A ^a,b   Johnson, M ^a,b   Craft, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Education   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; AGED; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUPPLEMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 12544249772     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000149639.25136.CA     Document Type: Article

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