Reversible hypogonadism in Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 391.e13-391.e15

  Desai, Ankush ^a   Jha, Onkar ^a   Iyer, Venkateswaran ^a   Dada, Rima ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Tandon, Nikhil ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bardet Biedl syndrome; gonadotropins; Reversible hypogonadism; spermatogenesis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CYTOGENETICS; ECHOGRAPHY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 67649134958     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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