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- Title
Testosterone Levels for Evaluation of Androgen Deficiency.
- Authors
Basaria, Shehzad
- Abstract
The article presents information about diagnosing and treating a middle-aged male patient who was referred to an endocrinologist due to symptoms including fatigue and weight gain and a below-normal testosterone level. Topics include the impact of altered sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels on the validity of serum total testosterone versus free testosterone measurements as indicators of androgen deficiency and sleep apnea as a cause of fatigue.
- Subjects
TESTOSTERONE; HORMONE deficiencies; ANDROGENS; ANDROGEN-binding proteins; FATIGUE (Physiology); SLEEP apnea syndromes; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2015, Vol 313, Issue 17, p1749
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2015.4179