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Hypogonadal hypogonadism and osteoporosis in men.

Romeo JH, Ybarra J

MedCentral College of Nursing, 335 Glessner Avenue Mansfield, Ohio 44903, USA. jromeo@medcentral.edu

In recent years, osteoporosis in men has become increasingly recognized as an important clinical and public health problem. Many similarities exist in various aspects of osteoporosis in men and women, but this article focuses on the sex difference, bone biology, epidemiology, and consequences of fractures. Although maintenance of bone integrity depends on the action of sex hormones in both sexes, menopause is a much more obvious indicator of estrogen deficiency than is the subtle decrease of testosterone in aging men. This often leads to delay and neglect of diagnosis. The need to identify and screen men at a particular risk for osteoporosis, as when hypogonadism is induced for treatment of prostate cancer, has become important.

Published 2 February 2007 in Nurs Clin North Am, 42(1): 87-99, vii-viii.
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