Reproductive Potential of Patients Treated by Maintenance Haemodialysis Journal Articles

abstract

• Three of the wives of 25 men undergoing maintenance haemodialysis for terminal renal failure became pregnant. This suggests that fertility is not necessarily impaired in these patients and that contraceptive methods should be used by women patients at risk.

authors

• Elstein, M
• Smith, Edward Kinsey Morgan
• Curtis, JR

status

• published 

publication date

• June 21, 1969

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Contraception (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Fertility (MeSH)
• General & Internal Medicine (Science Metrix)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Infertility, Female (MeSH)
• Infertility, Male (MeSH)
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (MeSH)
• Libido (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Marriage (MeSH)
• Pregnancy (MeSH)
• Renal Dialysis (MeSH)
• Semen (MeSH)
• Sexual Behavior (MeSH)

published in

• The BMJ  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Contraception
• Female
• Fertility
• Humans
• Infertility, Female
• Infertility, Male
• Kidney Failure, Chronic
• Libido
• Male
• Marriage
• Pregnancy
• Renal Dialysis
• Semen
• Sexual Behavior

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1136/bmj.2.5659.734

start page

• 734

end page

• 736

volume

• 2

issue

• 5659