Antioxidant activity in the semen of fertile and infertile men

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 922-926

  Zini, Armand ^a   Garrels, Kristina ^a   Phang, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; CATALASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0034109444     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00453-2     Document Type: Article

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