Growth hormone treatment of subfertile males

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-298

  Ovesen, P ^a   Jorgensen, J O L ^a   Ingerslev, J ^a   Ho, K K Y ^a   Orskov, H ^a   Christiansen, J S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GH binding protein; growth hormone; IGF binding protein; IGF I; Male infertility; seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PARESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0030015878     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58456-8     Document Type: Article

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