Higher testosterone dose impairs sperm suppression induced by a combined androgen-progestin regimen

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 684-690

  Meriggiola, M Cristina ^a   Costantino, Antonietta ^a   Bremner, William J ^b   Morselli Labate, Antonio M ^c  

^a Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Departments of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Cyproterone acetate; Hormones; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES, SYNTHETIC; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS;

EID: 0036708431     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2002.tb02311.x     Document Type: Article

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