Reversible male infertility under treatment with an anti-TNFα agent: A case report

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 473-474

  Wildi, Lukas M ^a   Haraoui, Boulos ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84857232107     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200299     Document Type: Letter

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