When is bioavailable testosterone a redundant test in the diagnosis of hypogonadism in men?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 813-818

  Gheorghiu, Ionela ^a   Moshyk, Andriy ^a   Lepage, Raymond ^b   Ahnadi, Charaf E ^a   Grant, Andrew M ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albumin; Calculated bioavailable testosterone; Cost saving; Sex hormone binding globulin; Total testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; REAGENT; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 23244462967     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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