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Does individual response to androgen replacement therapy affect bone density?

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boxed-textAminorroaya A et al. (2005) Adequacy of androgen replacement influences bone density response to testosterone in androgen-deficient men. Eur J Endocrinol 152: 881–886

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Ronald S Swerdloff and Christina Wang have received grants from Besins/Ascend, Clarus, Columbia, MacroChem Corporation, Organon, Schering AG, and Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; they have acted as Consultants for Auxillium, Besins/Ascend, Clarus, Columbia, MacroChem Corporation, Organon, Pierre Fabre, Schering AG, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Zonagen, and have had talks sponsored by Auxillium, Adventa, Schering AG and Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Neither Dr Swerdloff nor Dr Wang is a shareholder or owner of any of these companies.

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Liu, P., Wang, C. & Swerdloff, R. Does individual response to androgen replacement therapy affect bone density?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2, 76–77 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0094

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