Male factor infertility

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 689-707

  Brugh III, Victor M ^a   Matschke, H Merrill ^a   Lipshultz, Larry I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABIS; CIMETIDINE; COCAINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEAVY METAL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITROFURANTOIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETRACYCLINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL GENETICS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

CANNABIS;

EID: 0141510007     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8529(03)00047-1     Document Type: Review

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