Hormonal profile of men investigated for infertility at the University of Maiduguri in northern Nigeria

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 538-541

  Geidam, Ado D ^a   Yawe, K D T ^a   Adebayo, A E A ^a   Idrisa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Endocrinopathy; Hormonal profile; Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism; Infertility; Male infertility; Seminal fluid analysis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIGERIA; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROLACTIN; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 49749127661     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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