Combination of serum inhibin B and follicle-stimulating hormone levels can not improve the diagnostic accuracy on testicular sperm extraction outcomes in Chinese non-obstructive azoospermic men

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2885-2889

  Huang, Xiang ^a,b   Bai, Quan ^a   Yan, Li ying ^a,b   Zhang, Qiu fang ^a   Geng, Li ^a   Qiao Dr , Jie ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Follicle stimulating hormone; Infertility; Inhibin B; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84865358446     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.16.016     Document Type: Article

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