Persistence of fertility despite semen alterations in a pinealectomised patient treated with melatonin

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 763-766

  Kocher, Laurence ^a   Lornage, Jacqueline ^b   Claustrat, Bruno ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b Groupement Hospitalier Est   (France)

^c STEM CELL AND BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Fertility; Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Sex hormone binding globulin; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PINEALECTOMY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 84895806150     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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