Propecia-induced spermatogenic failure: a report of two cases

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 849.e17-849.e19

  Liu, Kimberly E ^a   Binsaleh, Saleh ^b   Lo, Kirk C ^b   Jarvi, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Murray Koffler Urologic Wellness Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

azoospermia; finasteride; oligospermia; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE; TESTOSTERONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EJACULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL HERPES; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 51649116908     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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