Sperm dysfunction in subfertile patients with varicocele and marginal semen analysis

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Villanueva Diaz, C A ^a   Vega Hernandez, E A ^a   Diaz Perez, M A ^a   Echavarria Sanchez, M ^a   Karchmer Krivitsky, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Semen; Sperm function tests; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0032857167     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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