Inter-relationship of Zinc Levels in Serum and Semen in Oligospermic Infertile Patients and Fertile Males

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-455

  Mohan, Harsh ^a,b   Verma, Jagdish ^a   Singh, Ishwar ^a   Mohan, Praveen ^a,b   Marwah, Sanjay ^a   Singh, Praveen ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Infertility; Semen analysis; Zinc levels

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; ZINC;

EID: 0031243180     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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