George Washington's infertility: Why was the father of our country never a father?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 495-499

  Amory, John K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCUROUS CHLORIDE;

CHLAMYDIASIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CRYPTORCHISM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GERM CELL; GONORRHEA; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE INFERTILITY; MERCURIALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VARICOCELE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 1642289166     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.08.035     Document Type: Article

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