Secondary Infertility Due to Use of Low-Dose Finasteride

    October 2012 in “ International Urology and Nephrology ”
    Ahmet Salvarci, Okan Istanbulluoglu
    Studysummary This case report describes a 40-year-old man whose secondary infertility, observed after prolonged finasteride use for hair loss, resolved following discontinuation of the drug, resulting in a live birth.
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    1. Finasteride-Associated Male Infertility Fertility and Sterility · 2010
    2. Therapeutic Hotline: Treatment of Androgenic Alopecia with Finasteride May Result in High-Grade Prostate Cancer in Patients: Fact or Fiction? Dermatologic Therapy · 2010
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