Dynamic endocrine test of inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone in men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 661-665

  Tsametis, Christos ^a   Mintziori, Gesthimani ^a   Iliadou, Paschalia K ^a   Tarlatzis, Basil C ^a   Papadimas, Ioannis ^a   Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

anti M llerian hormone (MeSH); azoospermia (MeSH); exogenous FSH Sertoli reserve test; infertility; Inhibin B (MeSH); male (MeSH)

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EXOGENOUS FSH SERTOLI RESERVE TEST; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; TESTIS SIZE;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051513703     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2010.521267     Document Type: Article

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