Hyperprolactinaemia among infertile patients and its effect on sperm functions

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 197-202

  Okada, H ^a   Iwamoto, T ^a   Fujioka, H ^a   Shirakawa, T ^a   Tatsumi, N ^a   Kanzaki, M ^a   Minayoshi, K ^a   Ohya, K ^a   Fujisawa, M ^a   Arakawa, S ^a   Kamidono, S ^a   Ishigami, J ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bromocriptine; human; hyperprolactinaemia; Infertility; sperm function

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; BROMOCRIPTINE MESILATE; CIMETIDINE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SPERMIOGRAM;

EID: 9444238489     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02783.x     Document Type: Article

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