Effect of varicocelectomy on seminal plasma transferrin values: A comparative clinical trial

Andrologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-22

  Kosar A ^a,d   Sarica, K ^b   Ozdiler E ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oligozoospermia; Seminal plasma; Transferrin; Varicocele; Varicocele ligation

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TRANSFERRIN; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0033971238     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2000.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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