- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Testosterone deficiency: an overview
- Chapter 2 Clinical physiology of testosterone
- Chapter 3 Diagnosis of hypogonadism: symptoms, signs, tests, and guidelines
- Chapter 4 Primary hypogonadism
- Chapter 5 Secondary hypogonadism
- Chapter 6 Late-onset hypogonadism
- Chapter 7 Testosterone replacement therapy
- Chapter 8 The prostate and other safety issues
- Chapter 9 Puberty and fertility
- Chapter 10 Testosterone and erectile dysfunction
- Chapter 11 Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes
- Chapter 12 The heart and cardiovascular disease
- Chapter 13 Testosterone and the brain
- Chapter 14 The role of androgens in osteoporosis and frailty
- Chapter 15 Testosterone and mortality
- Chapter 16 A perspective from primary care
- Chapter 17 Case vignettes
- Index
(p. 57) Late-onset hypogonadism
- Chapter:
- (p. 57) Late-onset hypogonadism
- Author(s):
Michael Zitzmann
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199651672.003.0006
LOH is a frequent, but not omnipresent or mandatory, clinical entity in men.
Classical symptoms of hypogonadism are often blurred by co-morbidities in older men.
Older men with LOH may benefit from testosterone substitution mentally as well as physically as well-being, metabolism, bone density, erythropoiesis, and body composition improve....
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Testosterone deficiency: an overview
- Chapter 2 Clinical physiology of testosterone
- Chapter 3 Diagnosis of hypogonadism: symptoms, signs, tests, and guidelines
- Chapter 4 Primary hypogonadism
- Chapter 5 Secondary hypogonadism
- Chapter 6 Late-onset hypogonadism
- Chapter 7 Testosterone replacement therapy
- Chapter 8 The prostate and other safety issues
- Chapter 9 Puberty and fertility
- Chapter 10 Testosterone and erectile dysfunction
- Chapter 11 Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes
- Chapter 12 The heart and cardiovascular disease
- Chapter 13 Testosterone and the brain
- Chapter 14 The role of androgens in osteoporosis and frailty
- Chapter 15 Testosterone and mortality
- Chapter 16 A perspective from primary care
- Chapter 17 Case vignettes
- Index