Chronic Treatment with Finasteride Daily Does Not Affect Spermatogenesis or Semen Production in Young Men
October 1999
in “
The Journal of Urology
”
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research Decreased Fertility in Male Rats Administered the 5α-Reductase Inhibitor, Finasteride, Due to Deficits in Copulatory Plug Formation
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research Reversible Decreases of Fertility in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats Treated Orally with Finasteride, a 5α-Reductase Inhibitor
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