Testosterone therapy, thrombosis, thrombophilia, cardiovascular events

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 989-994

  Glueck, Charles J ^a   Wang, Ping ^a  

^a JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatization; Cardiovascular events; Estradiol; Testosterone; Thrombophilia; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; WARFARIN;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AROMATIZATION; BONE NECROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFARCTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INFARCTION; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

AROMATIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84904389257     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2014.05.005     Document Type: Review

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