Lowered testosterone in male obesity: Mechanisms, morbidity and management

Lowered testosterone in male obesity: Mechanisms, morbidity and management

With increasing modernization and urbanization of Asia, much of the future focus of the obesity epidemic will be in the Asian region. Low testosterone levels are frequently encountered in obese men who do not otherwise have a recognizable hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular (HPT) axis pathology. Moder...

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Main Authors: Mark Ng Tang Fui, Philippe Dupuis, Mathis Grossmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Asian Journal of Andrology
Subjects:
androgens; hypogonadism; obesity; testosterone; weight loss
Online Access:http://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2014;volume=16;issue=2;spage=223;epage=231;aulast=Tang

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