title: [A brief history of testosterone].
abstract: The history of testosterone is closely connected with the application of aphrodisiacs, research on sexual differentiation, and several therapies for rejuvenation around the year 1900. Chemical isolation and synthesis of androgens was achieved between 1931 and 1935 and only since then has clinically effective substitution therapy with testosterone for hypogonadism been available.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Belegabteilung, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Mittelhessen und Gemeinschaftspraxis für Dermatologie und Urologie, Friedrichstrasse 21, 35392 Giessen. dirk.schultheiss@urologie-giessen.de
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authors.lastname: Schultheiss
mesh_terms: D033441:Andrology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D013739:Testosterone / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone