Inhibin B in the assessment of seminiferous tubular function

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-397

  Andersson, Anna Maria ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Inhibin; Puberty; Sertoli cell; Spermatocytes; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN B; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

CRYPTORCHISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0034530890     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beem.2000.0086     Document Type: Article

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