Testosterone: Action, Deficiency, Substitution - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107012902 ISBN 13: 9781107012905

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Now in its fourth edition Testosterone: Action, Deficiency, Substitution provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information on testosterone and its role in human physiology and pathology. It covers biosynthesis and mechanisms of action and reviews their effects on brain and behavior, spermatogenesis, hair growth, bones, muscles, erythropoiesis, the cardiovascular system and the prostate. The therapeutic uses of testosterone preparations are carefully evaluated as well as its abuse and detection in competitive sport. This new edition also devotes sections to exploring the effects of testosterone on female physiology and sexual function, and the experimental use of testosterone in male hormonal contraception. Testosterone: Action, Deficiency, Substitution has been written and edited by world experts in the fields of clinical andrology and endocrinology and provides a unique and invaluable guide for andrologists, endocrinologists, urologists, internists and those working in reproductive medicine.

About this title

About the Authors

Professor Eberhard Nieschlag is Emeritus and former Director of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology at the University of Munster, Germany.

Professor Hermann M. Behre is Director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology at the University of Halle, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107012902
• ISBN 13: 9781107012905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 582
• Editor: Nieschlag Eberhard, Behre Hermann M.