Human intrasperm L-carnitine content related to sperm motility survival;L-carnitina intraspermatica e survival della motilità nemaspermica

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Mazzilli, F ^a   Rossi, T ^a   Ronconi, C ^a   Germini, B ^a   Dondero, F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Carnitine; Infertility, male; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ANIMALS; CARNITINE; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033112056     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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