No major month to month variation in free testosterone levels in aging males. Minor impact on the biological diagnosis of 'andropause'

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 638-646

  Tancredi, Annalisa ^a,b   Reginster, Jean Yves ^a,b,c   Luyckx, Françoise ^b   Legros, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a WHO Collaborating Ctr Pub Hlth A   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ADAM; Aging men; Andropause; Hypogonadism; Season; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 18044397685     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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