Late-onset hypogonadism or ADAM: treatment
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Late-onset hypogonadism or ADAM: treatment
The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and th...
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The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0104-4230
DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.60.05.005