Androgen Deficiency and Testosterone Replacement Current Controversies and Strategies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hellstrom, Wayne J.G (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2013.
• Series: Current Clinical Urology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Androgen Deficiency and Testosterone Replacement: Current Controversies and Strategies explores the difficulties around the diagnosis and treatment of androgen deficiency. The text examines the available evidence concerning the diagnosis and treatment of men with low testosterone. It also examines c...

Table of Contents:

• The Institute of Medicine White Paper on Testosterone-Current Perspective
• The Laboratory Diagnosis of Testosterone Deficiency
• The Clinical Diagnosis of Androgen Deficiency
• The Use of Patient Reported Outcome Questionnaires in the Diagnosis of Androgen Deficiency
• Testosterone, and its association with metabolic and cardiovascular disease
• The Role of Androgens in Prostate Cancer
• Androgen Deficiency in the Adolescent Male
• Effects of Androgen Deficiency and Replacement on Male Fertility
• HIV and Testosterone in Men
• Treatment Options for Testosterone Replacement Therapy
• Alternate Therapies for Testosterone Replacement.