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Etiology of azoospermia in a large nonreferral inner-city population.

Fogle RH, Steiner AZ, Marshall FE, Sokol RZ

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. robinfogle@yahoo.com

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.

Published 4 July 2006 in Fertil Steril, 86(1): 197-9.
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