Lack of effect of a single i.v. dose of oxytocin on sperm output in severely oligozoospermic men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2098-2102

  Byrne, Maria M ^a   Rolf, Claus ^a   Depenbusch, Marion ^a   Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; ICSI; Male infertility; Oxytocin; Sperm count

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FLUSHING; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0142126257     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg416     Document Type: Article

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