Androgens and male fertility

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 341-345

  Dohle, G R ^a   Smit, M ^a   Weber, R F A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroids; Androgens; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Testicular development

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 2442651601     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-003-0365-9     Document Type: Article

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