Rescue of spermatogenesis arrest in azoospermic men after long-term gonadotropin treatment

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 466-468

  Selman, Helmy ^a   De Santo, Mariella ^a   Sterzik, Karl ^a,b   Cipollone, Giovanni ^c   Aragona, Cesare ^d   El Danasouri, Imam ^a,c  

^a Ospedale Spatocco   (Italy)

^b Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (Germany)

^c SANT'ANDREA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33746329954     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.055     Document Type: Article

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