A controlled comparison of the efficacy of clomiphene citrate in male infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 865-870

  Sokol, R Z ^a   Steiner, B S ^a   Bustillo, M ^a   Petersen, G ^a   Swerdloff, R S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

EID: 0023935295     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59898-7     Document Type: Article

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