The effect of colchicine treatment on sperm production and function: A review

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 360-362

  Haimov Kochman, Remit ^a   Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Behcet's disease; Colchicine; Gout; Oligozoospermia; Recurrent polyserositis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BEHCET DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0031937764     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.2.360     Document Type: Article

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