Associations between testosterone, bone mineral density, vitamin D and semen quality in fertile and infertile Chinese men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 783-792

  Yang, B ^a,b   Sun, H ^b   Wan, Y ^c   Wang, H ^b   Qin, W ^b   Yang, L ^b   Zhao, H ^b   Yuan, J ^b   Yao, B ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Estradiol; Male infertility; Testosterone; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FERTILITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84869888697     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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