Seminal quality correlates with mitochondrial functionality

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Ruiz Pesini, Eduardo ^a   Lapeña, Ana Cristina ^a   Díez, Carmen ^a   Álvarez, Enrique ^b   Enríquez, José Antonio ^a   López Pérez, Manuel José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Oligozoospermia; OXPHOS; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN;

EID: 0033848306     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(00)00305-3     Document Type: Article

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