Modulation of insulin-like growth factor-1 in the seminal plasma of infertile men

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 118-125

  Colombo, James B ^a   Naz, Rajesh K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; IGF 1; Infertility; Semen

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0033000225     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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