Organ-sparing surgery does not lead to greater antisperm antibody levels than orchidectomy

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-374

  Leonhartsberger, Nicolai ^a   Gozzi, Christian ^a   Akkad, Thomas ^a   Springer Stoehr, Brigitte ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Steiner, Hannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibody; Organ sparing surgery; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447133123     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06917.x     Document Type: Article

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