Oxidative stress in normospermic men undergoing infertility evaluation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 316-322

  Pasqualotto, F F ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Kobayashi, H ^a   Nelson, D R ^b   Thomas, A J ^a   Agarwal, A ^a  

^a Center for Female Pelvic Medicine and Surgery Urology Institute   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Male infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0035110780     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2001.tb02185.x     Document Type: Article

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