High prevalence of androgen deficiency and abnormal lipid profile in infertile men with non-obstructive azoospermia

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 688-694

  Bobjer, J ^a   Naumovska, M ^a   Giwercman, Y L ^b   Giwercman, A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Androgen deficiency; Hypogonadism; Male infertility; Non obstructive azoospermia; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

AZOOSPERMIA; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84866181810     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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