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13th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

Androgen use and misuse: A 2011 view

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Androgen use and misuse: a 2011 view

Handelsman David

Testosterone is a well established, safe, effective and affordable hormone for use in androgen replacement therapy (ART) for androgen deficiency (AD) due to pathology of the hypothalamo-pituitary testicular axis. Newer testosterone products provide short-acting (transdermal) or long-acting (depot injectable) delivery with enhanced convenience to improve long-term compliance during life-long ART. Yet there is a striking disparity between major under-diagnosis of authentic AD (e...