Moderate alcohol consumption and disorders of human spermatogenesis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 332-337

  Pajarinen, Jarkko ^a   Karhunen, Pekka J ^b,c   Savolainen, Vesa ^a   Lalu, Kaisa ^a   Penttilä, Antti ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Human Spermatogenesis; Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome; Spermatogenic Arrest; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030005115     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01648.x     Document Type: Article

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