Therapeutic Medications and Male Fertility
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While many studies have evaluated the effect of medications on semen quality, there is little guidance as to what is the true impact of many medications on male fertility. Further well designed studies are required to elucidate the precise associations between certain therapeutic medications and their effect on male fertility. *Corresponding author: Yulian Zhao, PhD, MD, MBA, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 10751 Falls Road, Suite #280, Lutherville, MD 21093, Tel: 410-583-2714; Fax: 410-583-2762; E-mail: zhao1@ jhmi.edu Received November 15, 2011; Accepted November 17, 2011; Published November 29, 2011 Citation: Zhao Y, Brezina PR (2011) Therapeutic Medications and Male Fertility. J Fertiliz In Vitro 1:e104. doi:10.4172/2165-7491.1000e104 Copyright: © 2011 Zhao Y, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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