Tuberculosis of male genital system - Myth or reality in 21st century

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-381

  Tzvetkov, D ^a   Tzvetkova, P ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fertility; Male genital tract; TBC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EUROPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, MALE GENITAL;

EID: 79961175607     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010600667076     Document Type: Review

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