Is intracytoplasmic sperm injection essential for the treatment of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism? A comparison between idiopathic and secondary hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism

Human Fertility

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 204-208

  Resorlu, Berkan ^a   Abdulmajed, Mohammed I ^b   Kara, Cengiz ^a   Unsal, Ali ^a   Aydos, Kaan ^b  

^a Kecioren Training and Research Hospital Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonist agonist; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Male factor infertility

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CRYPTORCHISM; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHIDOPEXY; PREGNANCY; SPERM;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73549091681     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647270903331139     Document Type: Article

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