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

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 941-947

  Petersen, Peter Meidahl ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Vistisen, Kirsten ^a   Rørth, Mikael ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a  

^a FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032977032     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.3.941     Document Type: Article

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