Burns
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 367-371 , May 2010

Burn severity and post-burn infertility in men

  • I.O. Fadeyibi

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Plastic Surgery, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
    • ,
  • P.I. Jewo

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Anatomy, Lagos State University College of Medicine, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +234 08028398177.
    • ,
  • L.C. Saalu

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Anatomy, Lagos State University College of Medicine, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
    • ,
  • O.I. Akinola

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
    • ,
  • O. Fabamwo

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
    • ,
  • S.A. Ademiluyi

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Plastic Surgery, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

,Accepted 11 May 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00151-X

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.05.003

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 367-371 , May 2010

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