Redefining abnormal follicle-stimulating hormone in the male infertility population

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-572

  Gordetsky, Jennifer ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^b   O'Brien, Jeanne ^c  

^a Box 626 ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

follicle stimulating hormone; human; male infertility

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE FOLLITROPIN RATIO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84864432231     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10783.x     Document Type: Article

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