Seminal plasma anti-Müllerian hormone level correlates with semen parameters but does not predict success of testicular sperm extraction (TESE)

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-270

  Mostafa, Taymour ^a   Amer, Medhat K ^a,b   Abdel Malak, Guirgis ^b,c   Nsser, Taha Abdel ^a,b   Zohdy, Wael ^a,b   Ashour, Shedeed ^a   El Gayar, Dina ^a   Awad, Hosam H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Adam International Clinic   (Egypt)

^c Reproductive Research Institute   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; Azoospermia; Seminal plasma; Spermatogenesis; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE;

ADULT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33947263765     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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