Seminal plasma can be a predictive factor for male infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1223-1226

  Kurpisz, M ^a   Miesel, R ^b   Sanocka, D ^a   Jedrzejczak, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Infertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030055748     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019360     Document Type: Article

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