Effect of renal transplantation on sperm quality and sex hormone levels

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-283

  Akbari, F ^a   Alavi, M ^b   Esteghamati, A ^c   Mehrsai, A ^b   Djaladat, H ^b   Zohrevand, R ^b   Pourmand, G ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Impotence; Luteinizing hormone; Prolactin; Renal transplantation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEMODIALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; RENAL DIALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0042134457     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04323.x     Document Type: Article

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