Effects of co-trimoxazole, erythromycin, amoxycillin, tetracycline and chloroquine on sperm function in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1878-1886

  Hargreaves, Corinne A ^a   Rogers, Shaun ^b   Hills, Frank ^c   Rahman, Faiza ^a   Howell, Richard J S ^a   Homa, Sheryl T ^a,d  

^a Portland Hospital Fertility Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Antibiotics; Chloroquine; Male fertility; Sperm movement

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0031873567     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.1878     Document Type: Article

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