Measurement of protein C inhibitor in seminal plasma is useful for detecting agenesis of seminal vesicles or the vas deferens

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Kise, Hideaki ^a   Nishioka, Junji ^a   Satoh, Kenji ^a   Okuno, Toshiyuki ^a   Kawamura, Juichi ^a   Suzuki, Koji ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fructose; Male infertility; Prostate specific antigen; Protein C inhibitor; Seminal plasma; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; FRUCTOSE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 3; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; VAS DEFERENS;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C INHIBITOR; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0033999267     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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