Serum inhibin-B and follicle stimulating hormone as predictors of the presence of sperm in testicular fine needle aspirate in men with azoospermia

Hormones

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-147

  Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a   Polychronou, Paris ^a   Mikos, Themistokis ^a   Grimbizis, Grigorios ^a   Gerou, Sriridon ^a   Pavlidou, Vassiliki ^a   Papanikolaou, Athanasios ^a   Tarlatzis, Basil C ^a   Bontis, Ioannis N ^a   Papadimas, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

FNA; FSH; Inhibin B; Male subfertility; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INHBB PROTEIN, HUMAN; INHIBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; TESTIS BIOPSY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 47949099936     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401505     Document Type: Article

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