Seminal plasma α-glucosidase activity and male infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-595

  Mahmoud, Ahmed M ^a   Geslevich, Joel ^b   Kint, Jos ^c   Depuydt, Christophe ^c   Huysse, Lieven ^c   Zalata, Adel ^d   Comhaire, Frank H ^c  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Male infertility; Semen analysis; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANDROSTANOLONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSIDASE; PEROXIDASE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0031941824     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.591     Document Type: Article

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