Inhibin B reference data for fertile and infertile men in Northeast America

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1920-1923

  Myers, Gavin M ^a   Lambert Messerlian, Geralyn M ^b   Sigman, Mark ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; infertility; Inhibin B; male reproductive endocrinology; normative levels of inhibin B in men; sperm count and inhibin B; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHIBINS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 70749085559     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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