Improvement of the diabetic foot upon testosterone administration to hypogonadal men with peripheral arterial disease. Report of three cases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lower extremity complications (neuropathy, ulceration, infection, and peripheral arterial disease) are common in diabetes mellitus. There is an inverse relation between plasma testosterone and insulin sensitivity, type 2 diabetes mel...

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Main Authors: Zemlyanoy Alexandr, Kalinchenko Svetlana, Gooren Louis J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Online Access:http://www.cardiab.com/content/8/1/19