Seminal plasma levels of anti-Müllerian hormone and inhibin B are not predictive of testicular sperm retrieval in nonobstructive azoospermia: A study of 139 men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2147-2150

  Mitchell, Valérie ^a   Boitrelle, Florence ^a   Pigny, Pascal ^a   Robin, Geoffroy ^a   Marchetti, Carole ^a   Marcelli, Franois ^a   Rigot, Jean Marc ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; follicle stimulating hormone; inhibin B; nonobstructive azoospermia; seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049313133     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.046     Document Type: Article

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