Serum and seminal plasma prolactin concentrations in men with normospermia, oligospermia, or azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 133-137

  Aiman, J ^a   McAsey, M ^a   Harms, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

AZOOSPERMIA; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERUM;

EID: 0023841122     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59664-2     Document Type: Article

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