Investigation of serum vitamin D levels in Chinese infertile men

Andrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1261-1266

  Zhu, C L ^a   Xu, Q F ^a   Li, S X ^a   Wei, Y C ^a   Zhu, G C ^a   Yang, C ^a   Shi, Y C ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3; male infertility; progressive motility; prolactin; total sperm number

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD;

ADULT; CALCIFEDIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROLACTIN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84961233967     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12570     Document Type: Article

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