Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Reversing “Andropause”: What Is the Proof-of-Principle?
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Testosterone and andropause: the feasibility of testosterone replacement therapy in elderly men.
Andropause, a syndrome in aging men, consists of physical, sexual, and psychologic symptoms that include weakness, fatigue, reduced muscle and bone mass, impaired hematopoiesis, oligospermia, sexual dysfunction, depression, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, memory impairment, and reduced cognitive function. Free testosterone levels begin to decline at a rate of 1% per year after age 40 years. It...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rejuvenation Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1549-1684,1557-8577
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2012.1316