Mesalazine-induced reversible infertility in a young male

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 551-552

  Chermesh, I ^a   Eliakim, R ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infertility; Mesalazine; Sulfapiridine

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; MESALAZINE; RAFASSAL; STEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PROCTITIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PROCTOCOLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MESALAMINE; PROCTOCOLITIS;

EID: 4644255271     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2003.11.030     Document Type: Article

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