Exocrine function of testis with germinal testicular tumour.
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Exocrine function of testis with germinal testicular tumour.
Semen collected immediately before or soon after therapeutic unilateral orchidectomy from 86 men with germinal tumours of the testis was analysed. The mean sperm count was 65.6 +/- SEM 10.3 X 10(6) per ejaculate. This was significantly different from that in a control population, in whom the mean was 165.2 +/- 12.9 X 10(6) per ejaculate. The difference appeared to be due to a subpopulation of 3...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.286.6381.1849