Assessing hypogonadism in men: How helpful are current testosterone assays?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 670-671

  Newman, Julie D ^a   Doery, James C G ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 53749091647     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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