Pathophysiology of varicoceles in male infertility

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 473-481

  Naughton, Cathy K ^a   Nangia, Ajay K ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Pathophysiology; Spermatozoa; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; VARICOCELE; VENOUS PRESSURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ACROSOME REACTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEVER; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; VARICOCELE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0034852439     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/7.5.473     Document Type: Article

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