Hypogonadal symptoms are associated with different serum testosterone thresholds in middle-aged and elderly men

Urology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1378-1382

  Ramasamy, Ranjith ^a   Wilken, Nathan ^a   Scovell, Jason M ^a   Kovac, Jason R ^a   Lipshultz, Larry I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY IN THE AGING MALE QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ENDURANCE; ENERGY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SPORT; STRENGTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE THRESHOLD; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AGING; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LIBIDO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84922399430     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.07.049     Document Type: Article

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