Evaluation of the role of reactive oxygen species in male infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1444-1451

  Zalata, Adel ^a,b   Hafez, Tarek ^a,b   Comhaire, Frank ^a,b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Semen analysis; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; EQUUS CABALLUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0029022319     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/10.6.1444     Document Type: Article

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