Clinical review 1: Adverse effects of testosterone therapy in adult men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in J Clin Endocrinol Metab on June 01, 2010

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M Mercè Fernández-Balsells1, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Melanie Lane, Juliana F Lampropulos, Felipe Albuquerque, Rebecca J Mullan, Neera Agrwal, Mohamed B Elamin, Juan F Gallegos-Orozco, Amy T Wang, Patricia J Erwin, Shalender Bhasin, Victor M Montori

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1: Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

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