Chronic prostatitis and male accessory gland infection - Is there an impact on male infertility (diagnosis and therapy)?

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Everaert, K ^a   Mahmoud, A ^a   Depuydt, C ^a   Maeyaert, M ^a   Comhaire, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Infertility; Leucocytes, genital tract inflammation; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOKINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE ACCESSORY GLAND INFECTION; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATITIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ROOT; VIRUS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 0242361111     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00569.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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