Evaluation of Semen Quality, Endocrine Profile and Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Testis Axis in Male Patients With Homozygous β-Thalassemia Major

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2327-2332

  Safarinejad, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

fertility; hormones; male; semen; testis; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY DISORDERS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 43049103417     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.103     Document Type: Article

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