Andrology: Testosterone and cardiovascular risk-deciphering the statistics

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 131-132

  Morǵentaler, Abraham ^a   Kacker, Ravi ^a  

^a Men's Health Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG FATALITY; FOOT EDEMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROPAUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897115435     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2014.24     Document Type: Article

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