Hormonal evaluation of the infertile male: has it evolved?
An endocrinologic evaluation of patients who have male-factor infertility has clearly evolved and leads to specific diagnoses and treatment strategies in a large population of infertile men. A well-considered endocrine evaluation is especially essential with the ever-growing popularity of assisted reproductive techniques and continued refinements with intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
Sussman
Ernest M
EM
Division of Andrology, Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, M/C 955, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Chudnovsky
Aleksander
A
Niederberger
Craig S
CS
D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000032:analysis
D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone