Semen quality and hormonal levels in infertile patients with varicocele

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-293

  Cantatore, Clementina ^a   Capuano, Pasquale ^a   Cobuzzi, Isabella ^a   Vacca, Margherita ^a   Coretti, Francesco ^a   Falagario, Doriana ^a   Spilotros, Marco ^a   Bettocchi, Carlo ^a   Palumbo, Fabrizio ^a   Depalo, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

FSH; Infertility; Semen quality; Testosterone; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 79951618061     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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