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. 1986 Apr;62(726):269-72.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.62.726.269.

Male fertility in Crohn's disease

D Burnell, J Mayberry, B J Calcraft, J S Morris, J Rhodes

Male fertility in Crohn's disease

D Burnell et al. Postgrad Med J. 1986 Apr.

Abstract

The fertility of 70 men with Crohn's disease and a group of age matched controls were compared. Crohn's disease was associated with a significant reduction in family size independent of steroid or sulphasalazine treatment.

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