Does brachytherapy of the prostate affect sperm quality and/or fertility in younger men?

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-224

  Mydlo, Jack H ^a,b   Lebed, Brett ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Fertility; Radiation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 2542536805     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590410025451     Document Type: Article

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