Relationship between sperm cell ubiquinone and seminal parameters in subjects with and without varicocele

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-4

  Mancini, A ^a,c   Conte, G ^a   Milardi, D ^a   De Marinis, L ^a   Littarru, G P ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoon; Ubiquinone; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0031947852     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01374.x     Document Type: Article

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