Hormonal treatment of male infertility: FSH

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 666-672

  Foresta, Carlo ^a   Selice, R ^a   Ferlin, A ^a   Arslan, P ^a   Garolla, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Hormonal treatment; Male infertility; Oligozoospermia; Pregnancy rate; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN B; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOGENETICS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 37349118675     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60533-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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