The diagnosis of late life hypogonadism

Abstract

The diagnosis of late life hypogonadism is controversial. For the purposes of discussion, it is suggested that treatment of late life hypogonodism requires the presence of symptoms, a low level of circulating free or bioavailable testosterone level and a positive response to treatment. While this may appear to be a radical proposal, we believe it represents the most rigorous scientific approach to the diagnosis of late life hypogonadism at the present time.

Keywords:

• Hypogonadism
• testosterone
• ADAM
• aging male survey
• androgen deficiency