Semen quality and reproductive hormones before and after orchiectomy in men with testicular cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 822-826

  Petersen, Peter Meidahl ^a   SkakkebÆk, Niels E ^a   RØrth, Mikael ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a  

^a FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Orchiectomy; Semen; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032862857     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61781-6     Document Type: Article

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