Accidental radiation exposure and azoospermia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 403-408

  Bezold, Guntram ^a   Gottlöber, Petra ^a   Gall, Helmut ^a   Peter, Ralf Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cesium; Damage; Nuclear accident; Reproductive function

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; SOLDIER; VARICOCELE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0342369600     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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