Why care about long term testosterone deficiency? Osteopenia and osteoporosis: Bone fractures, health and social consequences
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Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St Michael’s Hospital Correspondence: Dr Robert Josse, 61 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2T2. Telephone 416-867-7455, fax 416-867-3696, e-mail [email protected] RG Josse. Why care about long term testosterone deficiency? Osteopenia and osteoporosis: Bone fractures, health and social consequences. J Sex Reprod Med 2001;1(2):91-95.
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