Reversible testosterone-induced azoospermia in a 45-year-old man attending an infertility outpatient clinic

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 823-825

  Jan, Z ^a   Pfeifer, M ^a   Zorn, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Infertility; Side effects; Testosterone replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AZOOSPERMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84861522831     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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