Andropause: An emerging world health problem

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-87

  Olarinoye, J K ^a   Adebisi, S A ^a   Popoola, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adrogen deficiency; Male aging; Testosterone replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROPAUSE; ANGINA PECTORIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FORMULATION; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; GEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOMASTIA; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

AGING; ANDROPAUSE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33747075519     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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