Testosterone concentrations in hair of hypogonadal men with and without testosterone replacement therapy

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 779-782

  Thomson, Steven ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a   Van Steen, Veronique ^a   Rieder, Michael ^a   Van Uum, Stan H M ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen; Hair, testosterone; Hypogonadism; Replacement

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; DRUG MONITORING; HAIR; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 73849146482     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3181c004f1     Document Type: Article

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