Comprehensive evaluation of androgen replacement therapy in aging Japanese men with late-onset hypogonadism

Aging Male

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 72-75

  Okada, Keisuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Kohei ^a   Chiba, Koji ^a   Miyake, Hideaki ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging men; Androgen therapy; LOH; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SHORT FORM 8; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84901260892     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2014.888052     Document Type: Article

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