Altered Testicular Hormone Production in Infertile Patients with Idiopathic Oligoasthenospermia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 273-280

  SCAGLIA, HUGO E ^a   CARRERE, CARLOS A ^b   MARIANI, VIRGINIA A ^a   ZYLBERSZTEIN, CECILIA C ^a   REY‐VALZACCHI, GASTON J ^b   KELLY, EDUARDO E ^b   AQUILANO, DANIEL R ^a  

^a Centro de Especialistas en Analisis Biologicos Distrito I ^*

^b Institute of Andrology ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

aromatase inhibitors; human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test; Testicular steroids

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; TESTOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ADULT; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPERM COUNT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; TESTOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0026042069     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.1991.tb01599.x     Document Type: Article

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