Genital infection in males with idiopathic infertility

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-46

  Mosli, Hisham A ^a   Gazzaz, Faten S B ^a   Farsi, Hasan M A ^a   Abduljabar, Hassan S O ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0029880834     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.42     Document Type: Article

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