Update on Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Hypogonadal Men

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Leung, Kevin Matthew Yen Bing ^a,b   Alrabeeah, Khalid ^a   Carrier, Serge ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging male; Hypogonadism; Late onset; Prostate cancer; Testosterone; Testosterone replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

BONE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MOOD; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; AGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84935918633     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-015-0523-9     Document Type: Review

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