A prospective comparative trial of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue with clomiphene citrate for the treatment of oligoasthenozoospermia

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-363

  Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Kitamura, Masaya ^a   Kishikawa, Hidefumi ^a   Kondoh, Nobuyuki ^b   Fujiwara, Yoshitomo ^c   Namiki, Mikio ^d   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Osaka Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Fujiwara Clinic   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clomiphene; Gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue; Nasal spray; Oligoasthenozoospermia

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0031659802     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00367.x     Document Type: Article

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