Functionally inactive protein C inhibitor in seminal plasma may be associated with infertility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-519

  He, Shiping ^a   Lin, Ya Ling ^b   Liu, Yi Xun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Infertility; Protein C inhibitor; Seminal plasma; Urokinase plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 3; PROTEIN C; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0032973947     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.6.513     Document Type: Article

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