Treatment of idiopathic oligozoospermia with recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study in Chinese population

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 866-871

  Ding, Yin Man ^a   Zhang, Xin Ji ^b   Li, Jing Ping ^c   Chen, San San ^d   Zhang, Ren Tao ^a   Tan, Wan Long ^d   Shi, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a The People s Hospital of Xuancheng City   (China)

^b SHUNDE HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Zhejiang University School of Medicine   (China)

^d SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN B; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC OLIGOZOOSPERMIA; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TREATMENT DURATION; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961289415     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12770     Document Type: Article

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