Relationship between zinc concentrations in seminal plasma and various sperm parameters

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-408

  Fuse, H ^a   Kazama, T ^a   Ohta, S ^a   Fujiuchi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; ZINC;

EID: 0033403592     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007190506587     Document Type: Article

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