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The diagnosis of an endocrine problem should satisfy the following: the clinical features, comprising symptoms, and signs (if present) must be consistent; biochemically, the level of the hormone concerned must be shown to be inappropriately below the age- and gender-specific reference ranges.
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Richard, C.Y.T. (2013). Diagnosing and Evaluating Androgen Deficiency, Including Andropause. In: Lim, P. (eds) Men's Health. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4766-4_4
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