Subclinical male hypogonadism

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 539-550

  Giannetta, Elisa ^a   Gianfrilli, Daniele ^a   Barbagallo, Federica ^a   Isidori, Andrea M ^a   Lenzi, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

follicle stimulating hormone; gametogenesis; hypogonadism; luteinising hormone; testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMPOTENCE; LIBIDO DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PENIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID DISEASE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84864778970     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2011.12.005     Document Type: Review

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