DeCS

Descriptor English:

Andrology

Descriptor Spanish:

Andrología

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	andrología
Scope note:	Disciplina científica o médica referente al estudio de la biología reproductiva masculina, las enfermedades de los órganos genitales masculinos y la infertilidad masculina. Sus principales áreas de interés son: la ENDOCRINOLOGÍA, la ESPERMATOGÉNESIS, el ANÁLISIS DE SEMEN, la FERTILIZACIÓN, la ANTICONCEPCIÓN y la CRIOPRESERVACIÓN.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Andrologia

Descriptor French:

Andrologie

Tree number(s):

H02.403.763.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033441

Scope note:

A scientific or medical discipline concerning the study of male reproductive biology, diseases of the male genital organs, and male infertility. Major areas of interest include ENDOCRINOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; CONTRACEPTION; and CRYOPRESERVATION.

Annotation:

use for the specialty only

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends

Previous Indexing:

Infertility, Male (1965-2002)

Public MeSH Note:

2003; see UROLOGY 1992-2002

History Note:

2003; use UROLOGY 1992-2002

Entry Version:

ANDROL

Urology MeSH

DeCS ID:

37634

Unique ID:

D033441

NLM Classification:

WJ 700

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

2003/01/01

Date of Entry:

2002/07/02

Revision Date:

2016/06/15

DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS

Health Occupations [H02]

Health Occupations

Medicine [H02.403]

Medicine

Reproductive Medicine [H02.403.763]

Reproductive Medicine

Andrology [H02.403.763.500]

Andrology

Gynecology [H02.403.763.750]

Gynecology

Andrology - Preferred

Concept UI	M0022403
Scope note	A scientific or medical discipline concerning the study of male reproductive biology, diseases of the male genital organs, and male infertility. Major areas of interest include ENDOCRINOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; CONTRACEPTION; and CRYOPRESERVATION.
Preferred term	Andrology

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