Effects of testosterone replacement therapy on cortical and trabecular bone mineral density, vertebral body area and paraspinal muscle area in hypogonadal men

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Leifke, Eckhard ^a   Körner, Hans Christian ^a   Link, Thomas M ^b   Behre, Hermann M ^a   Peters, Peter E ^b   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FITNESS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINE; TESTOSTERONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642666506     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380051     Document Type: Article

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