Does the andropause exist?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 670-671

  Perheentupa, Antti ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANDROPAUSE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROPAUSE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34648829840     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0623     Document Type: Short Survey

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