Male fertility: Psychiatric considerations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 434-439

  Hall, Elise ^a   Burt, Vivien K ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antidepressants; anxiety; depression; DNA integrity; Male fertility; male infertility; psychotropic medications; sperm parameters; stress

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TESTOSTERONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84856370159     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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