Basal serum testosterone as an indicator of response to clomiphene treatment in human epididymis, seminal vesicles and prostate

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 308-316

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Prostate; Seminal glucosidase; Seminal acid phosphatase; Seminal fructose; Seminal vesicles; Serum testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; FRUCTOSE; GENOZYM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIESTROGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLOMIFENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATE SECRETION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TABLET; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; SPERM;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLOMIPHENE; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATE; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036417848     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2002.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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