The diagnostic value of seminal α-glucosidase enzyme index for sperm motility and fertilizing capacity

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 987-991

  Yassa, Dawoud A ^a   Idriss, Walid K ^a   Atassi, Majed E ^a   Rao, Sambasiva K ^a  

^a Khalid Idriss Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Male fertility; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0035212920     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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