Significance of inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone in seminal plasma: a preliminary study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 444-448

  Duvilla, Emma ^a   Lejeune, Hervé ^b   Trombert Paviot, Béatrice ^c   Gentil Perret, Anne ^a   Tostain, Jacques ^a   Levy, Rachel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

AMH; FSH; inhibin B; nonobstructive azoospermia; seminal plasma; testis biopsy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949119769     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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