Testosterone treatment of older men - Why are controversies created?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-65

  Swerdloff, Ronald ^a   Wang, Christina ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALOPECIA; ANDROGEN THERAPY; BONE DENSITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DYSERYTHROPOIESIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIBIDO DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 78650865745     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2538     Document Type: Editorial

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