Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Testosterone: an overview of biosynthesis, transport, metabolism and non-genomic actions
- 2 The androgen receptor: molecular biology
- 3 Androgen receptor: pathophysiology
- 4 Behavioural correlates of testosterone
- 5 The role of testosterone in spermatogenesis
- 6 Androgens and hair: a biological paradox
- 7 Androgens and bone metabolism
- 8 Testosterone effects on the skeletal muscle
- 9 Androgens and erythropoiesis
- 10 Testosterone and cardiovascular diseases
- 11 Testosterone and erection
- 12 Testosterone and the prostate
- 13 Clinical uses of testosterone in hypogonadism and other conditions
- 14 Pharmacology of testosterone preparations
- 15 Androgen therapy in non-gonadal disease
- 16 Androgens in male senescence
- 17 The pathobiology of androgens in women
- 18 Clinical use of 5α-reductase inhibitors
- 19 Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione
- 20 Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs)
- 21 Methodology for measuring testosterone, DHT and SHBG in a clinical setting
- 22 Synthesis and pharmacological profiling of new orally active steroidal androgens
- 23 Hormonal male contraception: the essential role of testosterone
- 24 Abuse of androgens and detection of illegal use
- Subject Index
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Testosterone: an overview of biosynthesis, transport, metabolism and non-genomic actions
- 2 The androgen receptor: molecular biology
- 3 Androgen receptor: pathophysiology
- 4 Behavioural correlates of testosterone
- 5 The role of testosterone in spermatogenesis
- 6 Androgens and hair: a biological paradox
- 7 Androgens and bone metabolism
- 8 Testosterone effects on the skeletal muscle
- 9 Androgens and erythropoiesis
- 10 Testosterone and cardiovascular diseases
- 11 Testosterone and erection
- 12 Testosterone and the prostate
- 13 Clinical uses of testosterone in hypogonadism and other conditions
- 14 Pharmacology of testosterone preparations
- 15 Androgen therapy in non-gonadal disease
- 16 Androgens in male senescence
- 17 The pathobiology of androgens in women
- 18 Clinical use of 5α-reductase inhibitors
- 19 Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione
- 20 Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs)
- 21 Methodology for measuring testosterone, DHT and SHBG in a clinical setting
- 22 Synthesis and pharmacological profiling of new orally active steroidal androgens
- 23 Hormonal male contraception: the essential role of testosterone
- 24 Abuse of androgens and detection of illegal use
- Subject Index
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- TestosteroneAction, Deficiency, Substitution, pp. v - viiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004