Seminal plasma nitrite/nitrate and intratesticular Doppler flow in fertile and infertile subjects

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2554-2558

  Battaglia, Cesare ^a   Giulini, Simone ^a   Regnani, Giorgia ^a   Di Girolamo, Roberta ^a   Paganelli, Simone ^a   Facchinetti, Fabio ^a   Volpe, Annibale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; Infertility; Nitric oxide; Spermatozoa; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIONE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 0034535039     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.12.2554     Document Type: Article

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