From zero to one hundred million in six months: The treatment of azoospermia in congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-263

  Nicopoullos, J D M ^a   Ramsay, J W A ^b   Cassar, J ^c  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Male factor infertility

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LIBIDO; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUAIL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79961176819     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010390204940     Document Type: Article

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