Treatment of severe oligospermia with human chorionic gonadotropin/human menopausal gonadotropin: A placebo-controlled, double blind trial

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 1081-1087

  Knuth, Ulrich A ^a   Hönigl, Werner ^a   Bals Pratsch, Monika ^a   Schleicher, Gunter ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MENOTROPINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0023588238     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-65-6-1081     Document Type: Article

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