Effects of proteolytic enzymes and sexual abstinence on α-glucosidase levels in human seminal plasma;Efecto de enzimas proteolíticas y de la abstinencia sexual en la cuantificación bioquímica de alfa-glucosidasa en plasma seminal humano

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 489-493

  Peña S , Patricio ^b   Sánchez G , Raúl ^a   Vásquez P , Bélgica ^b   Castillo K , Claudia ^b   Miska, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epididymis; Glucosidases; Semen; Semen preservation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SECRETION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM TRANSPORT;

EID: 0035348954     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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