Influence of low corrected seminal fructose levels on sperm chromatin stability in semen from men attending an infertility service

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 763-768

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Villena, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

corrected fructose; fructose; Human sperm chromatin; motility; seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CHROMATIN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030901526     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81380-5     Document Type: Article

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