Effects of folic acid and zinc sulfate on male factor subfertility: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 491-498

  Wong, Wai Yee ^a   Merkus, Hans M W M ^a   Thomas, Chris M G ^a   Menkveld, Roelof ^b   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Folate; Intervention; Male fertility; Semen parameters; Zinc sulfate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0036180440     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)03229-0     Document Type: Article

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