A small-scale clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of testosterone replacement therapy in hypogonadal men with spinal cord injury

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 574-579

  Bauman, W A ^a,b   Cirnigliaro, C M ^a   La Fountaine, M F ^a,b   Jensen, A M ^a   Wecht, J M ^a,b   Kirshblum, S C ^c,d   Spungen, A M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen replacement therapy; hypogonadism; lean tissue mass; paraplegia; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LEG; LIVER; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960700198     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280797     Document Type: Review

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