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Disease hypogonadism
Phenotype C0029456|osteoporosis
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PubMedID- 24468754 Summary: although male hypogonadism is associated with osteoporosis, estradiol is likely to be the more important hormone for bone health.
PubMedID- 23587643 In practice, in a male patient with osteoporosis, a diagnosis of marked and persistent hypogonadism requires investigations for treatable causes.
PubMedID- 24142635 It might be due in part to a man's greater bone size, greater body mass, greater accrual of bone during growth, absence of a clear decrease in endogenous sex hormones as seen in menopause, and shorter average life span compared with women.1 however, it is frequent in men with secondary osteoporosis due to hypogonadism, glucocorticoid excess, alcoholism, hypercalciuria, malabsorption and hyperthyroidism.
PubMedID- 21298272 Purpose: management of hypogonadism-induced osteoporosis in elderly men is still a challenge.
PubMedID- 20024529 This may reflect secondary osteoporosis in men (due to alcohol or hypogonadism).
PubMedID- 24008608 In fact, both in women and men, osteoporosis is often associated with e hypogonadism as well as with individual traits such as genetic constitution, cytokines, sex and race, which represent non-modifiable endogenous risk factors.
PubMedID- 22013547 One of the more closely studied populations with secondary osteoporosis due to hypogonadism is prostate cancer survivors who have been treated with androgen deprivation therapy (adt).

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