The Significance of Biological Variation in the Diagnosis of Testosterone Deficiency, and Consideration of the Relevance of Total, Free and Bioavailable Testosterone Determinations

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2294-2299

  Collier, Christine P ^a,b   Morales, Alvaro ^a,b   Clark, Albert ^a   Lam, Miu ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine ^a   Black, Angela ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

reference values; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77951877514     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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