Sexual functioning and satisfaction in nonresponders to testosterone gel: Potential effectiveness of retreatment in hypogonadal males

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2005, Pages

  Steidle, Christopher ^a   Witt, Michael A ^b   Matrisciano, Justin ^b   Block, Jon E ^b  

^a Northeast Indiana Research Fort Wayne   (United States)

^b Long Island Diabetes and Endocrinology Associates ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EJACULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PENIS ERECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANDROGENS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETREATMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646037309     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(05)80094-8     Document Type: Article

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