Transient scrotal hyperthermia and levonorgestrel enhance testosterone-induced spermatogenesis suppression in men through increased germ cell apoptosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3292-3304

  Wang, Christina ^a,e   Cui, Yu Gui ^b   Wang, Xing Hai ^d   Jia, Yue ^a,b   Hikim, Amiya Sinha ^a   Lue, Yan He ^a   Tong, Jian Son ^d   Qian, Li Xin ^b   Sha, Jia Hao ^c   Zhou, Zuo Min ^c   Hull, Laura ^a   Leung, Andrew ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b First Affiliated Hospital   (United States)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Jiangsu Family Planning Research Institute   (China)

^e General Clinical Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 34547761378     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0367     Document Type: Article

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