Advances in the management of testosterone deficiency.

9783805586221

Advances in the management of testosterone deficiency.

Ed. by T. Hugh Jones.

S. Karger, AG

2009

209 pages

$186.00

Hardcover

Frontiers of hormone research; v.37

RC898

Thirty-one international academics and researchers contribute 15 chapters providing an update on the management of hypogonadism based on recent advances from research studies and clinical experience. Coverage includes the current guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypogonadism including advances in the biochemical assays for testosterone; potential clinical importance of differences in androgen receptor sensitivity as a result of genetic polymorphism; new therapies which allow physiological replacement; prostate safety; and new findings about how testosterone deficiency can affect tissues and organs, and the potential benefits of testosterone therapy replacement for such conditions as osteoporosis, frailty, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, other chronic diseases, the brain, and erectile dysfunction. For endocrinologists, urologists, andrologists and sexologists, primary care physicians, gerontologists, diabetologists, and cardiologists. Illustrated with b&w and color figures and tables.

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