Body mass index has no impact on sperm quality but on reproductive hormones levels

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-111

  M Al Ali, B ^a   Gutschi, T ^a   Pummer, K ^a   Zigeuner, R ^a   Brookman May, S ^b   Wieland, W F ^c   Fritsche, H M ^c   Aziz, A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Male infertility; Obesity; Reproductive hormones; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPERM;

BODY MASS INDEX; MALE INFERTILITY; OBESITY; REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES; SPERM QUALITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROLACTIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893458159     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12051     Document Type: Article

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