Antibiotic therapy for seminal infection effect on antioxidant activity and T-helper cytokines

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 857-864

  Omu, Alexander E ^a   Al Othman, Saed ^b   Mohamad, Aysha Saeed ^b   Al Kaluwby, Nagwa Mohamad ^b   Fernandes, Sanjit ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Maternity Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cytokines; Infertility; Male; Semen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOKINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; RETINOL; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031754872     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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