Dose-dependent effects of testosterone on sexual function, mood, and visuospatial cognition in older men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3838-3846

  Gray, Peter B ^a   Singh, Atam B ^a   Woodhouse, Linda J ^a   Storer, Thomas W ^a   Casaburi, Richard ^a   Dzekov, Jeanne ^a   Dzekov, Connie ^a   Sinha Hikim, Indrani ^a   Bhasin, Shalender ^a,b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; MOOD; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; AGED; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 23044435273     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0247     Document Type: Article

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