Adding to the controversy: Pitfalls in the diagnosis of testosterone deficiency syndromes with questionnaires and biochemistry

Aging Male

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-65

  Morales, A ^a   Spevack, M ^b   Emerson, L ^a   Kuzmarov, I ^b   Casey, R ^c   Black, A ^a   Tremblay, R ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ultra Med Inc   (Canada)

^c The Male Health Centre   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laboratory evaluation; Questionnaires; Testosterone deficiency syndromes

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; SERUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; STRATIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34250155690     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530701342686     Document Type: Article

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