On the use of paramagnetic beads and ferrofluids to assess and eliminate the leukocytic contribution to oxygen radical generation by human sperm suspensions

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-551

  Aitken, R J ^a   Buckingham, D W ^a   West, K ^a   Brindle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Seminal leukocytes; Sperm oocyte fusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD45 ANTIGEN; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL SUSPENSION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

EID: 0029898464     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00055.x     Document Type: Article

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