Clomiphene citrate in the management of male infertility

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-250

  Roth, Laurenw ^a   Ryan, Amandar ^a   Meacham, Randallb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

clomiphene citrate; male infertility

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BUSERELIN; CARNITINE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE; CLOMIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLURRED VISION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CYSTIC GYNECOMASTIA; DIPLOPIA; DRUG SAFETY; EXERCISE; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PERIPHLEBITIS; PHLEBITIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLOMIPHENE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS;

EID: 84879224985     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1345271     Document Type: Article

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