Relationship between testicular volume and conventional or nonconventional sperm parameters

International Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Condorelli, Rosita ^a   Calogero, Aldo E ^a   La Vignera, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84885355632     PISSN: 16878337     EISSN: 16878345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/145792     Document Type: Article

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