Late-onset hypogonadism in men. Experience from the Turku Male Ageing Study (TuMAS)

Hormones

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-45

  Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,b   Mäkinen, Juuso I ^a   Perheentupa, Antti ^a   Raitakari, Olli T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Late onset hypogonadism; Lifespan; Longevity; Male ageing; Sexual dysfunction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANXIETY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVOUSNESS; POTENCY DISORDER; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FINLAND; MALE; METABOLISM; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LIPIDS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 42449135310     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1111036     Document Type: Review

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