Are there symptom-specific testosterone thresholds in aging men?

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1310-1315

  Lackner, Jakob E ^a   Rücklinger, Ernst ^b   Schatzl, Georg ^b   Lunglmayr, Gerhard ^c   Kratzik, Christian W ^b  

^a Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhugel   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Mistelbach General Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

androgen deficiency symptoms; late onset hypogonadism; testosterone thresholds

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80053412843     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09986.x     Document Type: Article

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