Nitric oxide synthase activity in human seminal plasma

Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-89

  Zini, Armand ^a,b   O'Bryan, Moira K ^b   Schlegel, Peter N ^a,b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; ARGININE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLIGOSPERMIA; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034936178     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01001-9     Document Type: Article

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