Various symptoms are typical of severe testosterone deficiency in young men; in aging men, however, these symptoms are nonspecific and overlap with symptoms of other prevalent disorders. A new study offers evidence-based criteria for the identification of late-onset hypogonadism in the general population on the basis of an association between symptoms and a low testosterone level.
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Page, S. Late-onset hypogonadism: evidence for diagnostic criteria. Nat Rev Endocrinol 6, 602–603 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2010.154
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