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How effective is testosterone replacement therapy in premenopausal women with severe androgen deficiency?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 2, pages 432–433 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textMiller KK et al. (2006) Effects of testosterone replacement in androgen-deficient women with hypopituitarism: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91: 1683–1690

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