Updates on the relation of weight excess and reproductive function in men: Sleep apnea as a new area of interest

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-81

  Hammoud, Ahmad O ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a   Gibson, Mark ^a   Peterson, C Matthew ^a   Meikle, A Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility; male infertility; reproductive function; sleep apnea; weight excess

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ESTRADIOL; GHRELIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LEPTIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONREM SLEEP; OBESITY; PENIS ERECTION; REM SLEEP; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OBESITY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84855428534     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.64     Document Type: Review

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