Altered luteinizing hormone pulsatility in infertile patients with idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2782-2786

  Scaglia, H E ^a,e   Timossi, C M ^a,d   Carrere, C A ^b   Zylbersztein, C ^c   Colombani, M E ^a   Rey Valzacchi, G ^f   Aquilano, D R ^a  

^a Institute de Anälisis Bioquùnicos de Endocrinologia IABE   (Argentina)

^b Inst de Andrologia Reprod Asistida

^c Laboratorio de Estudios Hormonales   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e IABE   (Argentina)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone; Luteinizing hormone pulsatility; Male infertility; Oligoasthenozoospermia

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0031759568     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.10.2782     Document Type: Article

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