Laboratory diagnosis of late-onset male hypogonadism andropause

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1430-1438

  Clapauch, Ruth ^a   Do Carmo, Aline Machado ^a,e   Marinheiro, Lizanka ^b   Buksman, Salo ^c   Pessoa, Isabel ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DA LAGOA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d DASA diagnósticos das americas SA   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Andropause; Calculated free testosterone; Diagnosis; Late onset male hypogonadism; Total testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; ANDROGEN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FINASTERIDE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALBUMINS; ANDROGENS; ANDROPAUSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 60149103158     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302008000900005     Document Type: Article

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