Androgen Deficiency in The Adult Male

<p>Just what is the andropause? Although acceptance of the andropause concept by the medical community is growing it is still a hotly debated issue. But as a busy clinician you have patients to treat and you need information. So where can you find the information you need to understand diagnose and treat this condition? Androgen Deficiency in the Adult Male: Causes Diagnosis and Treatment distills the knowledge acquired by author Dr. Malcolm Carruthers in his 25 years of research and clinical experience in diagnosing and treating the andropause into a comprehensive detailed clinical resource.<br><br>Dr. Carruthers documents the history of the search for testosterone treatment from antiquity to the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Adolf Butenandt and Leopold Ruzicka for synthesizing testosterone and patenting its production some 4000 years later. He discusses the causes of androgen deficiency the male menopause or andropause and recent advances in its diagnosis. The text includes reviews of the literature in each section and a fund of bibliographic references gleaned from the author's years of research in this field. This combination of features makes Androgen Deficiency in the Adult Male: Causes Diagnosis and Treatment an invaluable and practical clinical guide a complete and detailed reference volume and a cohesive and readable textbook.</p>