The relationship between anogenital distance and azoospermia in adult men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 726-730

  Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Shy, Michael ^b   Chanc Walters, R ^b   Lipshultz, Larry I ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Genitalia; Humans; Perineum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; SCROTUM;

EID: 84866167826     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01275.x     Document Type: Article

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