Prednisone treatment in infertile patients with oligozoospermia and accessory gland inflammatory alterations

Andrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 268-273

  Milardi, D ^a   Luca, G ^b   Grande, Giuseppe ^a   Ghezzi, M ^c   Caretta, N ^c   Brusco, G ^b   De Filpo, G ^b   Marana, R ^a   Pontecorvi, A ^a   Calafiore, R ^b   Foresta, C ^c   Garolla, A ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Infertility; Prostatitis; Scrotal ultrasound; Sperm quality parameters; Ultrasound examination

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACCESSORY GLAND INFLAMMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CALCIFICATION; PROSTATE DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN VOLUME; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDNISONE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015151244     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12300     Document Type: Article

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