Neoadjuvant gonadotropin-releasing hormone therapy before surgery may improve the fertility index in undescended testes: A prospective randomized trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 974-977

  Schwentner, Christian ^a   Oswald, Josef ^a   Kreczy, Alfons ^b   Lunacek, Andreas ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Deibl, Martina ^a   Radmayr, Christian ^a,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Gonadorelin; Infertility, male; Testis

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NEBULIZATION; ORCHIDOPEXY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 13744262427     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000153562.07287.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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