KEGG   DISEASE: Male hypogonadism
Entry
H02027                      Disease                                
Name
Male hypogonadism
  Subgroup
46,XY disorders of sex development [DS:H00608]
Fertile eunuch syndrome [DS:H01973]
Description
Hypogonadism in male patients is characterized by a deficiency in testosterone - a critical hormone for sexual, cognitive, and body function and development. Low testosterone levels may be due to testicular, hypothalamic, or pituitary abnormalities.
Category
Endocrine and metabolic disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
 05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
  Endocrine diseases
   Disorders of the gonadal hormone system
    5A81  Testicular dysfunction or testosterone-related disorders
     H02027  Male hypogonadism
Drug
Fluoxymesterone [DR:D00327] (males)
Testosterone undecanoate [DR:D06087]
Comment
See also Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism [DS:H00255], Hypopituitarism, [DS:H01700], Abnormal pituitary gonadotropin secretion [DS:H01860], and Prader-Willi syndrome [DS:H00478].
Other DBs
ICD-11: 5A81.1
MeSH: D007006
Reference
PMID:22247861
  Authors
Kumar P, Kumar N, Thakur DS, Patidar A
  Title
Male hypogonadism: Symptoms and treatment.
  Journal
J Adv Pharm Technol Res 1:297-301 (2010)
DOI:10.4103/0110-5558.72420
Reference
PMID:16985909
  Authors
Carnegie C
  Title
Diagnosis of hypogonadism: clinical assessments and laboratory tests.
  Journal
Rev Urol 6 Suppl 6:S3-8 (2004)
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