Myoinositol improves sperm parameters and serum reproductive hormones in patients with idiopathic infertility: A prospective double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study

Andrology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 491-495

  Calogero, Aldo E ^a   Gullo, G ^b   La Vignera, S ^a   Condorelli, R A ^a   Vaiarelli, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Follicle stimulating hormone; Idiopathic infertility; Inhibin B

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; INOSITOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; INHIBIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLATULENCE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; NAUSEA; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ZONA PELLUCIDA; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; INFERTILITY, MALE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHIBINS; INOSITOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84929844724     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12025     Document Type: Article

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