Assessment of seminal estradiol and testosterone levels as predictors of human spermatogenesis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Qiufang, Zhang ^a   Quan, Bai ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a   Ping, Liu ^a   Jie, Qiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Infertility; Semen

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEMEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950950877     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.007609     Document Type: Article

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