Inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone in spermatic vein of subfertile men with varicocele

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 551-555

  Goulis, Dimitrios Ch ^a,b   Mintziori, Gesthimani ^a   Koliakos, Nikolaos ^a   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ^a   Papadimas, Ioannis ^a   Hatzimouratidis, Konstantinos ^a   Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

anti M llerian hormone; inhibin B; male infertility; spermatic vein; varicocele

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SUBFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC VEIN; SUBFERTILITY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHIBINS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; VARICOCELE; VEINS;

EID: 79956084551     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110393024     Document Type: Article

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