Is there a clinical relevance of partial androgen deficiency of the aging male?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 624-627

  Christ Crain, Mirjam ^a   Mueller, Beat ^c   Gasser, Thomas C ^a   Kraenzlin, Marius ^c   Trummler, Michael ^b   Huber, Peter ^a   Meier, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Bio Analytica AG   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Male; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; LIPID; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 3142617464     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000135303.96496.ee     Document Type: Article

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