Leydig cell numbers, daily sperm production, and serum gonadotropin levels in aging men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 756-763

  Neaves, William B ^a   Johnson, Larry ^a   Porter, John C ^a   Parker, C Richard ^a   Petty, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

AGE; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CELL COUNT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0021123879     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-59-4-756     Document Type: Article

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