Does weight loss improve semen quality and reproductive hormones? results from a cohort of severely obese men

Reproductive Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Håkonsen, Linn ^a   Thulstrup, Ane ^a   Aggerholm, Anette ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b   Bonde, Jens ^c   Andersen, Claus ^d   Bungum, Mona ^e   Ernst, Emil ^a,b   Hansen, Mette ^a   Ernst, Erik ^a,b   Ramlau Hansen, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80051621378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-8-24     Document Type: Article

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