Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide
Male Hypogonadism
DEFINITION
- Male hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome that results from the failure of the testes to produce physiologic testosterone levels as a result of disruption of one or more levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis[6].
- Classified as primary (resulting from testicular disease), secondary (resulting from pituitary and/or hypothalamic disease), or combined primary/secondary.
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Last updated: September 2, 2021
Citation
Herati, Amin S, and Swaytha Yalamanchi. "Male Hypogonadism." Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide, 2021. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547088/all/Male_Hypogonadism.
Herati AS, Yalamanchi S. Male Hypogonadism. Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. 2021. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547088/all/Male_Hypogonadism. Accessed June 1, 2023.
Herati, A. S., & Yalamanchi, S. (2021). Male Hypogonadism. In Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547088/all/Male_Hypogonadism
Herati AS, Yalamanchi S. Male Hypogonadism [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. ; 2021. [cited 2023 June 01]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547088/all/Male_Hypogonadism.
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