The effect of human chorionic gonadotropin-based hormonal therapy on intratesticular testosterone levels and spermatogonial DNA synthesis in men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 929-935

  Shinjo, E ^a   Shiraishi, K ^a   Matsuyama, H ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hormonal therapy; Intratesticular testosterone; Non obstructive azoospermia; Proliferative cell nuclear antigen; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

HORMONAL THERAPY; INTRATESTICULAR TESTOSTERONE; NON-OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PROLIFERATIVE CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886402523     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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