Male Hypogonadism
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DEFINITION
- Male hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome that results from the failure of the testes to produce physiologic testosterone levels and/or normal number of spermatazoa as a result of disruption of one or more levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis[4].
- Classified as primary (resulting from testicular disease), secondary (resulting from pituitary and/or hypothalamic disease), or combined primary/secondary.
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DEFINITION
- Male hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome that results from the failure of the testes to produce physiologic testosterone levels and/or normal number of spermatazoa as a result of disruption of one or more levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis[4].
- Classified as primary (resulting from testicular disease), secondary (resulting from pituitary and/or hypothalamic disease), or combined primary/secondary.
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