Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 197-199 , July 2006

Etiology of azoospermia in a large nonreferral inner-city population

  • Robin H. Fogle, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robin H. Fogle, M.D., Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 1240 North Mission Road, Room 8K9, Los Angeles, California 90033 (FAX: 323-226-2850).
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  • Anne Z. Steiner, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Los Angeles, California
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  • Freya E. Marshall, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Los Angeles, California
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  • Rebecca Z. Sokol, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Los Angeles, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Received 13 July 2005 ,Revised 14 December 2005 ,Accepted 14 December 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)00574-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.047

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 197-199 , July 2006

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