Incidence of sulphasalazine-induced male infertility.
Open Access
- 1 June 1981
- Vol. 22 (6), 452-455
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.22.6.452
Abstract
Sperm analysis of 21 patients taking sulphasalazine for inflammatory bowel disease revealed that 86% had abnormal semen analysis and 72% had oligospermia.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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