Do bacterial infections cause reduced ejaculate quality? A meta-analysis of antibiotic treatment of male infertility

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-47

  Skau, Philip A ^a   Folstad, Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Ejaculate quality; Immunity; Leukocytospermia; Male infertility; Meta analysis; Parasite resistance; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; INFERTILITY; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; SPERM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037281102     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.1.40     Document Type: Article

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