Fertility status in male cystinosis patients treated with cysteamine

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1880-1883

  Besouw, Martine T P ^a   Kremer, Jan A M ^b   Janssen, Mirian C H ^b   Levtchenko, Elena N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

azoospermia; cysteamine; Cystinosis; infertility

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MERCAPTAMINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTINOSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CYSTEAMINE; CYSTINE; CYSTINOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949915681     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.113     Document Type: Article

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