Comparison of individual antioxidants of sperm and seminal plasma in fertile and infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 142-147

  Lewis, Sheena E M ^a,b,c   Sterling, E Samantha L ^a,b   Young, Ian S ^a,d   Thompson, William ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Clinical Sciences B   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Clinical Biochemistry ^*

Author keywords

Antioxidants; asthenozoospermia; infertility; seminal plasma; sperm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; LYCOPENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; URATE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0031029977     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81871-7     Document Type: Article

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