The combination of testosterone undecanoate with tamoxifen citrate enhances the effects of each agent given independently on seminal parameters in men with idiopathic oligozoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 756-762

  Adamopoulos, Dimitrios A ^a   Karamertzanis, Maria ^a   Nicopoulou, Stamatina ^a   Andreou, Evangelia ^a   Kapolla, Niki ^a  

^a HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

oligozoospermia; seminal parameters; tamoxifen citrate; Testosterone undecanoate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0343581224     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81379-9     Document Type: Article

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