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- Title
How to manage low testosterone level in men: a guide for primary care.
- Authors
Al-Sharefi, Ahmed; Wilkes, Scott; Jayasena, Channa N; Quinton, Richard
- Abstract
Male hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome characterised by testosterone deficiency and impaired spermatogenesis; due either to diseases of the hypothalamus or pituitary gland, or of the testes themselves.[1] The diagnosis requires the presence of clinical features consistent with lack of testosterone plus the finding of persistent and unequivocally low serum testosterone levels. In men with high or low SHBG levels, total testosterone may give a misleading measure of androgenicity, and estimating FT via mass-action equation (for example, www.issam.ch/freetesto.htm) becomes worthwhile, but otherwise total testosterone is the parameter to follow.
- Subjects
TESTOSTERONE; PRIMARY care; RESEARCH; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; PRIMARY health care; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH funding
- Publication
British Journal of General Practice, 2020, Vol 70, Issue 696, p364
- ISSN
0960-1643
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3399/bjgp20X710729