Gonadotrophin therapy in combination with ICSI in men with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Bakircioglu, Mustafa Emre ^a,b   Erden, Halit Firat ^a   Çiray, H Nadir ^a   Bayazit, Numan ^a   Bahȩci, Mustafa ^a  

^a German Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Cesmebasi Cad Caliskan Sok Kemerhill Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Gonadotrophin therapy; Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 34547958820     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60703-1     Document Type: Article

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