Recovery of spermatogenesis following testosterone replacement therapy or anabolic-androgenic steroid use
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Recovery of spermatogenesis following testosterone replacement therapy or anabolic-androgenic steroid use.
The use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for hypogonadism continues to rise, particularly in younger men who may wish to remain fertile. Concurrently, awareness of a more pervasive use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) within the general population has been appreciated. Both TRT and AAS can suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis resulting in diminution of spermatoge...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Andrology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1008-682X
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682x.173938