Mechanisms linking obesity to male infertility

Central European Journal of Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-85

  Katib, Atif ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Erectile dysfunction; Hypogonadism; Male infertility; Obesity; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIDIDYMITIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERESTROGENEMIA; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930686653     PISSN: 20804806     EISSN: 20804873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2015.01.435     Document Type: Article

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