Value of gonadotropin-releasing hormone testing in the differential diagnosis of androgen deficiency in elderly men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1280-1286

  Christ Crain, M ^a   Meier, C ^a   Huber, P R ^a   Zimmerli, L ^a   Mueller, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 15944369296     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0850     Document Type: Article

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