Testosterone: Action · Deficiency · Substitution
✍ Scribed by Focko F. G. Rommerts (auth.), Professor Dr. med. Eberhard Nieschlag, Dr. med. Hermann M. Behre (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 295
- Category
- Library
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✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Testosterone: an overview of biosynthesis, transport, metabolism and action....Pages 1-22
The role of testosterone in spermatogenesis....Pages 23-50
Psychotropic effects of testosterone....Pages 51-71
Syndromes caused by androgen resistance....Pages 72-91
Pharmacology and clinical uses of testosterone....Pages 92-114
Comparative pharmacokinetics of androgen preparations: Application of computer analysis and simulation....Pages 115-135
Pharmacology of testosterone pellet implants....Pages 136-154
Percutaneous dihydrotestosterone (DHT) treatment....Pages 155-164
Transdermal testosterone replacement through genital skin....Pages 165-181
Safety aspects of androgen therapy....Pages 182-203
Effects of androgens on bone metabolism....Pages 204-218
Androgens and human benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)....Pages 219-244
Androgens and carcinoma of the prostate....Pages 245-260
Androgens and male senescence....Pages 261-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-285
✦ Subjects
Pharmacology/Toxicology; Dermatology; Gynecology
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