Concomitant intramuscular human chorionic gonadotropin preserves spermatogenesis in men undergoing testosterone replacement therapy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 647-650

  Hsieh, Tung Chin ^a   Pastuszak, Alexander W ^b   Hwang, Kathleen ^c   Lipshultz, Larry I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chorionic gonadotropin; infertility; male; spermatogenesis; testis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84872145118     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.09.043     Document Type: Article

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