Studies on the origin of redox enzymes in seminal plasma and their relationship with results of in-vitro fertilization

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 835-839

  Yeung, C H ^a   Cooper, T G ^a   De Geyter, M ^a,b   De Geyter, C ^a,b   Rolf, C ^a   Kamischke, A ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Glutathione peroxidase; Oxidative damage; Semen; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0031691362     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.9.835     Document Type: Article

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