Sperm abnormalities in retinitis pigmentosa

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2619-2628

  Connor, William E ^a   Weleber, Richard G ^a   DeFrancesco, Carol ^a   Lin, Don S ^a   Wolf, Don P ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; USHER SYNDROME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STEROLS;

EID: 0030812620     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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