Cognitive Changes Associated with Supplementation of Testosterone or Dihydrotestosterone in Mildly Hypogonadal Men: A Preliminary Report

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 568-576

  Cherrier, Monique M ^a,b,c   Craft, Suzanne ^a,b   Matsumoto, Alvin H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Cognition; Gel; Memory; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 1642461538     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02708.x     Document Type: Article

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