Application of hormonal treatment in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: More than ten years experience

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-399

  Yang, Luo ^a   Zhang, Si Xiao ^a   Dong, Qiang ^a   Xiong, Zi Bing ^a   Li, Xiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Hypogonadism; Infertility; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELAYED PUBERTY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; IDIOPATHIC HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN GROWTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGENS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863107879     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0065-0     Document Type: Article

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