Book contents
- Testosterone
- Testosterone
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The medical and cultural history of testosterone and the testes
- 2 Testosterone: biosynthesis, transport, metabolism and (non-genomic) actions
- 3 Pathophysiology of the androgen receptor
- 4 Methodology for measuring testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin in a clinical setting
- 5 The behavioral correlates of testosterone
- 6 The role of testosterone in spermatogenesis
- 7 Androgens and hair: a biological paradox with clinical consequences
- 8 Testosterone and bone
- 9 Androgen effects on the skeletal muscle
- 10 Testosterone and cardiovascular disease
- Chapter 11 Testosterone, obesity, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
- Chapter 12 Testosterone and erection
- Chapter 13 Testosterone and the prostate
- Chapter 14 Clinical use of testosterone in hypogonadism and other conditions
- Chapter 15 Testosterone preparations for clinical use in males
- Chapter 16 Androgens in male senescence
- Chapter 17 Androgen therapy in non-gonadal disease
- Chapter 18 Review of guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of testosterone deficiency
- Chapter 19 Pathophysiology of estrogen action in men
- Chapter 20 Dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione
- Chapter 21 The state-of-the-art in the development of selective androgen receptor modulators
- Chapter 22 The essential role of testosterone in hormonal male contraception
- 23 Testosterone use in women
- 24 Detection of illegal use of androgens and selective androgen receptor modulators
- 25 Sequelae of doping with anabolic steroids
- Index
Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Testosterone
- Testosterone
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The medical and cultural history of testosterone and the testes
- 2 Testosterone: biosynthesis, transport, metabolism and (non-genomic) actions
- 3 Pathophysiology of the androgen receptor
- 4 Methodology for measuring testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin in a clinical setting
- 5 The behavioral correlates of testosterone
- 6 The role of testosterone in spermatogenesis
- 7 Androgens and hair: a biological paradox with clinical consequences
- 8 Testosterone and bone
- 9 Androgen effects on the skeletal muscle
- 10 Testosterone and cardiovascular disease
- Chapter 11 Testosterone, obesity, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
- Chapter 12 Testosterone and erection
- Chapter 13 Testosterone and the prostate
- Chapter 14 Clinical use of testosterone in hypogonadism and other conditions
- Chapter 15 Testosterone preparations for clinical use in males
- Chapter 16 Androgens in male senescence
- Chapter 17 Androgen therapy in non-gonadal disease
- Chapter 18 Review of guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of testosterone deficiency
- Chapter 19 Pathophysiology of estrogen action in men
- Chapter 20 Dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione
- Chapter 21 The state-of-the-art in the development of selective androgen receptor modulators
- Chapter 22 The essential role of testosterone in hormonal male contraception
- 23 Testosterone use in women
- 24 Detection of illegal use of androgens and selective androgen receptor modulators
- 25 Sequelae of doping with anabolic steroids
- Index
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- TestosteroneAction, Deficiency, Substitution, pp. vii - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012