Semen analysis in HIV seropositive men and in subjects at high risk for HIV infection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 765-768

  Dondero, Franco ^a   Rossi, Tiziana ^a   D'Offizi, Giampiero ^a   Mazzilli, Fernando ^a   Rosso, Rosamaria ^a   Sarandrea, Nadia ^a   Pinter, Elena ^a   Aiuti, Fernando ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV; Human semen; p24 antigen; Spermiophagy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; CD4 ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE DURATION; GERM CELL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029940792     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019251     Document Type: Article

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