Treatment for Ejaculatory Dysfunction in Men With Spinal Cord Injury: An 18-Year Single Center Experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2304-2308

  Brackett, Nancy L ^a   Ibrahim, Emad ^a   Iremashvili, Viacheslav ^a   Aballa, Teodoro C ^a   Lynne, Charles M ^a  

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

Author keywords

assisted; ejaculation; penis; reproductive techniques; spermatozoa; spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EJACULATION DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EJACULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951877868     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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