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Problema: invecchiamento maschile

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Nessuna funzione fisiologica rimane inalterata dal processo di invecchiamento, che determina ineluttabilmente una diminuzione della capacità funzionale e dell’efficacia dei meccanismi regolatori omeostatici. Tutti i sistemi ormonali vengono colpiti in gradi diversi dal fenomeno dell’invecchiamento e l’asse gonadico dell’uomo non fa eccezione, anche se le modificazioni sono progressive e di ampiezza modesta, se confrontate con la riduzione relativamente improvvisa della produzione degli ormoni ovarici che caratterizza la menopausa nella donna.

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Kaufman, J.M., Comhaire, F., Mahmoud, A., Meuleman, E.J.H. (2010). Problema: invecchiamento maschile. In: Schill, WB., Comhaire, F., Hargreave, T.B., Lenzi, A., Isidori, A.M. (eds) Andrologia clinica. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1487-9_17

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