Chronic orchitis: A neglected cause of male infertility?

Andrologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-91

  Schuppe, H C ^a   Meinhardt, A ^a   Allam, J P ^b   Bergmann, M ^a   Weidner, W ^a   Haidl, G ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epididymo orchitis; Infertility; Male genital tract inflammation; Orchitis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDIDYMITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; ORCHITIS; PREVALENCE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE;

BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORCHITIS; TESTIS;

EID: 40749097276     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00837.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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