Etiology of azoospermia in a large nonreferral inner-city population
Received 13 July 2005; received in revised form 14 December 2005; accepted 14 December 2005. published online 05 June 2006.
A higher proportion of nonobstructive than obstructive azoospermia, as well as an increased prevalence of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism were documented in a retrospective study characterizing azoospermia in a population of predominantly Latino, inner-city male partners of infertile couples, as compared to previous reports from relatively affluent socioeconomic status male populations.
aDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Los Angeles, California
bDepartment of Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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