Varicocele-associated decrease in antioxidant defenses

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 713-717

  Barbieri, Elly R ^a   Hidalgo, Maria E ^a   Venegas, Andrés ^b   Smith, Rosita ^c   Lissi, Eduardo A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CARLOS VAN BUREN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Total reactive antioxidant potential; Urinary chemiluminescence; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0032723598     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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