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Descriptor English: Andrology
Descriptor Spanish: Andrología
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
Related: 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
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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