The non-reproductive consequences of vasectomy.

Authors :: Coetzee T
Source :: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 1982 Mar 27; Vol. 61 (13), pp. 472-5.
Publication Year :: 1982
Abstract: Uncertainty exists regarding the immunological consequences of vasectomy and the long-term effects of the operation on the hormonal status, genital organs and tract of man. The information available from the literature is summarized. The evidence favours the safety of vasectomy in the human male.

Subjects :: Antibody Formation
Autoantibodies analysis
Female
Gonadal Steroid Hormones analysis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prostate physiology
Sexual Behavior
Spermatozoa immunology
Testis cytology
Uric Acid blood
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms etiology
Vasectomy psychology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0256-9574
Volume :: 61
Issue :: 13
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 7038920

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