Vanishing testes syndrome-related osteoporosis and high cardio-metabolic risk in an adult male with long term untreated hypergonadotropic hypogonadism
SUMMARY The male hypogonadism-related bone mass loss is often under diagnosed. Peak bone mass is severely affected if the hypogonadism occurs during puberty and is left untreated. We present an interesting; almost bizarre case of a male with non-functional testes early during childhood and undiagnos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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| Series: | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972016000100079&lng=en&tlng=en |