Association of Ureaplasma urealyticum with abnormal reactive oxygen species levels and absence of leukocytospermia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1775-1778

  Potts, Jeannette M ^a   Sharma, Rakesh ^b   Pasqualotto, Fabio ^b   Nelson, David ^b   Hall, Geraldine ^b   Agarwal, Ashok ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoa; Ureaplasma urealyticum; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0034123101     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67540-4     Document Type: Article

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