Osteocalcin is not a strong determinant of serum testosterone and sperm count in men from infertile couples

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 590-594

  Schwetz, V ^a   Gumpold, R ^a   Graupp, M ^a   Hacker, N ^a   Schweighofer, N ^a   Trummer, O ^a   Pieber, T R ^a   Ballon, M ^a   Lerchbaum, E ^a   Obermayer Pietsch, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carboxylated osteocalcin; Male fertility; Osteocalcin; Testosterone; Undercarboxylated osteocalcin

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OSTEOCALCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBOXYLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OSTEOCALCIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84879483829     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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