Semen quality in men with disseminated testicular cancer: relation with human chorionic gonadotropin β-subunit and pituitary gonadal hormones

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2481-2486

  de Bruin, Daphne ^a   de Jong, Igle J ^a   Arts, Eugène G J M ^a   Nuver, Janine ^b   Dullaart, Robin P F ^a   Sluiter, Willem J ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Sleijfer, Dirk T ^a   Gietema, Jourik A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

hCG; pituitary gonadal hormones; spermatogenesis; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PROLACTIN; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349148308     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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