The efficacy of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone in the treatment of various types of male-factor infertility at a single university hospital

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 679-684

  Efesoy, Ozan ^a   Çayan, Selahittin ^a   Akbay, Erdem ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Recombinant human FSH; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 71949115351     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.007278     Document Type: Article

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