Exogenous testosterone alone or with finasteride does not improve measurements of cognition in healthy older men with low serum testosterone

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 875-882

  Vaughan, Camille ^a   Goldstein, Felicia C ^a   Tenover, J Lisa ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory; Testosterone replacement; Visual spatial function

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; COGNITION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 35848949088     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.002931     Document Type: Article

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