Current trends in the treatment of infertility in men with spinal cord injury

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 781-789

  Kafetsoulis, Apostolos ^a   Brackett, Nancy L ^b   Ibrahim, Emad ^b   Attia, George R ^b   Lynne, Charles M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ejaculation; electroejaculation; infertility; IUI; IVF; pregnancy; PVS; semen; sperm; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROEJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PENILE VIBRATORY STIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY EFFECT;

COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749249551     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.01.060     Document Type: Review

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