The effects of combined conventional treatment, oral antioxidants and essential fatty acids on sperm biology in subfertile men

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Comhaire, F H ^a   Christophe, A B ^a   Zalata, A A ^b   Dhooge, W S ^a   Mahmoud, A M A ^a,c   Depuydt, C E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0033762497     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/plef.2000.0174     Document Type: Article

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