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testosterone test

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testosterone test,
a blood test that detects levels of circulating testosterone in men and women. It may be used to evaluate ambiguous sex characteristics, precocious puberty, virilizing syndromes in the female, and infertility in the male. It can also be used as a tumor marker for rare tumors of the ovary and testicle.


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