Gonadal function in men with chronic illness

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-403

  Turner, Helen E ^a   Wass, John A H ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030876235     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2611108.x     Document Type: Review

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