Semen quality in spinal cord injured men: Does it progressively decline postinjury?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 625-628

  Brackett, Nancy L ^a   Ferrell, Sean M ^b   Aballa, Teodoro C ^b   Amador, Maria J ^b   Lynne, Charles M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031779846     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90034-X     Document Type: Article

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