Varicocelectomy reduces reactive oxygen species levels and increases antioxidant activity of seminal plasma from infertile men with varicocele

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 261-265

  Mostafa, T ^a   Anis, T H ^a   El Nashar, A ^a   Imam, H ^b   Othman, I A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Male infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0035569292     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2001.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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