Prevalence of Undiagnosed Testosterone Deficiency in Aging Athletes: Does Exercise Training Influence the Symptoms of Male Hypogonadism?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2591-2601

  Di Luigi, Luigi ^a   Sgrò, Paolo ^a   Fierro, Valentina ^a   Bianchini, Serena ^a   Battistini, Giancarlo ^a   Magini, Valter ^a   Jannini, Emmanuele A ^b   Lenzi, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Hypogonadism; Sexual Desire; Sport; Stress; Testosterone Deficiency

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAUCASIAN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955126164     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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