Association of body mass index with some fertility markers among male partners of infertile couples

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 447-451

  Hajshafiha, Masoumeh ^a   Ghareaghaji, Rasul ^b   Salemi, Sedigheh ^a   Sadegh Asadi, Nahid ^a   Sadeghi Bazargani, Homayoun ^c,d  

^a Kosar University Hospital   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Male infertility; Sexual hormones; Sperm analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; IRANIAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; OBESITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84879030603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S41341     Document Type: Article

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