Physiological relationships between inhibin B, follicle stimulating hormone secretion and spermatogenesis in normal men and response to gonadotrophin suppression by exogenous testosterone

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 746-751

  Anderson, R A ^a   Wallace, E M ^a,d   Groome, N P ^b   Bellis, A J ^c   Wu, F C W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraception; FSH; Inhibin B; Male reproduction; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0031005972     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.4.746     Document Type: Article

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