Erythrocytosis Following Testosterone Therapy
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Switch to restoration therapy in a testosterone treated central hypogonadism with erythrocytosis
We describe a case of severe erythrocytosis caused by testosterone replacement therapy in a 66-year-old man affected with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) determining osteoporosis, resolved by switching to restoration therapy with clomiphene citrate. The patient complained fatigue, loss of libido and defective erections and a spontaneous vertebral fracture despite bisphosphonate therapy and v...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sexual Medicine Reviews
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2050-0521
DOI: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2017.04.001