Testosterone deficiency and replacement in older men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-191

  Bremner, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROGEN THERAPY; BODY FAT; BONE MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGONADISM; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 77954406406     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1006197     Document Type: Editorial

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