Significance of serum inhibin B concentration for evaluating improvement in spermatogenesis after varicocelectomy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1945-1949

  Fujisawa, Masato ^a,b   Dobashi, Masaki ^a   Yamasaki, Takafumi ^a   Kanzaki, Masanori ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Soich ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhibin B; Sperm count; Spermatogenesis; Varicocele testis; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0034808760     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.9.1945     Document Type: Article

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