Clomiphene citrate and human chorionic gonadotropin are both effective in restoring testosterone in hypogonadism: a short‐course randomized study

To compare serum testosterone response and symptom improvement in men with hypogonadism in response to treatment with clomiphene citrate (CC), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), or a combination of both therapies.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  BJU International

• Publication date

  2018-06-14

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/bju.14401PMID 29772111
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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