Frequent Occurrence of Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism in Type 2 Diabetes

Dhindsa, Sandeep; Prabhakar, Sathyavani; Sethi, Manak; Bandyopadhyay, Arindam; Chaudhuri, Ajay; Dandona, Paresh

doi:10.1210/jc.2004-0804

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Frequent Occurrence of Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism in Type 2 Diabetes

Published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism • Nov 1, 2004

Authors:

Sandeep Dhindsa

Sathyavani Prabhakar

Manak Sethi

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes is associated with lower total testosterone (T) levels in cross-sectional studies. However, it is not known whether the defect is primary or secondary. We investigated the prevalence of hypogonadism in type 2 diabetes by measuring serum total T, free T (FT), SHBG, LH, FSH, and prolac...

Subject

Endocrinology

Internal medicine

Sex hormone-binding globulin

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