Editorial: Female androgen deficiency syndrome - An unproven hypothesis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4970-4972

  Bhasin, Shalender ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; EDITORIAL; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WELLBEING; BLOOD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; NOTE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TESTOSTERONE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 23844526146     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1328     Document Type: Editorial

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