Effect of growth hormone cotreatment with human chorionic gonadotropin in testicular steroidogenesis and seminal insulin-like growth factor-1 in oligozoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Anapliotou, M G L ^a   Evagellou, E ^a   Kastanias, I ^a   Liparaki, M ^a   Psara, P ^a   Goulandris, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

GH; hCG; oligozoospermia; serum seminal IGF 1; steroidogenic response

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0030036194     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58458-1     Document Type: Article

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