Treatment of male infertility

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-206

  Check, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin; Clomiphene citrate; Gonadotropins; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Intrauterine insemination

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SPERM ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE INFERTILITY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 38349154568     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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