Seminal plasma biochemical markers and their association with semen analysis findings

Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 596-603

  Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a,b   Arnett, William P ^a   Foussias, George ^a   Pappas, Helen ^a   Ghandi, Shruti ^b   Melegos, Dimitrios N ^a   Mullen, Brendan ^b   Yu, He ^c   Srigley, John ^b,d   Jarvi, Keith ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Diagnostic Systems Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^d CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BRCA1 PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PEPSINOGEN II; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN;

EID: 0033106077     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00550-0     Document Type: Article

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