Medical management of non-obstructive azoospermia

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 75-79

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Drug therapy; Gonadotropins; Hypogonadism; Infertility

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AZOOSPERMIA; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AROMATASE INHIBITORS; AZOOSPERMIA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84875160401     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(Sup01)08     Document Type: Review

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