Aging male symptoms and serum testosterone levels in healthy Japanese middle-aged men

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 645-651

  Kawa, Gen ^a   Taniguchi, Hisanori ^a   Kinoshita, Hidefumi ^a   Matsuda, Tadashi ^a   Urakami, Masaya ^b   Sawaragi, Isamu ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OMM Medical Center

Author keywords

ADAM questionnaire; AMS rating scale; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849103367     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.99.645     Document Type: Article

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