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ArticleThe aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male2015

Recommendations on the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of hypogonadism in men.

Bruno Lunenfeld, George Mskhalaya, Michael Zitzmann, Stefan Arver, Svetlana Kalinchenko, Yuliya Tishova, Abraham Morgentaler

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Article in The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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88citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Bruno LunenfeldFaculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University , Ramat Gan , Israel .
George Mskhalaya
Michael Zitzmann
Stefan Arver
Svetlana Kalinchenko
Yuliya Tishova
Abraham Morgentaler
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia · RUBar-Ilan University · ILKarolinska Institutet · SEMen's Health Boston · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypogonadism or Testosterone Deficiency (TD) in adult men as defined by low levels of serum testosterone accompanied by characteristic symptoms and/or signs as detailed further on can be found in long-recognized clinical entities such as Klinefelter syndrome, Kallmann syndrome, pituitary or testicular disorders, as well as in men with idiopathic, metabolic or iatrogenic conditions that result in testosterone deficiency. These recommendations do not encompass the full range of pathologies leading to hypogonadism (testosterone deficiency), but instead focus on the clinical spectrum of hypogonadism related to metabolic and idiopathic disorders that contribute to the majority of cases that occur in adult men.

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Hormone Replacement TherapyHumansHypogonadismMalePractice Guidelines as TopicTestosteroneTestosteroneHypogonadismlate-onsetmentestosteronetestosterone deficiency

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PMID25657080
PMCPMC4648196
OpenAlexW2169593157

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