Coenzyme Q10 levels in idiopathic and varicocele-associated asthenozoospermia

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-111

  Balercia, G ^a,e   Arnaldi, G ^a   Fazioli, F ^a   Serresi, M ^a   Alleva, R ^b   Mancini, A ^c   Mosca, F ^b   Lamonica, G R ^b   Mantero, F ^d   Littarru, G P ^b  

^a Division of Nephrology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Coenzyme Q10; Male subfertility; Ubiquinol

Indexed keywords

UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL LEVEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; UBIQUINONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0036227357     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-4569.2001.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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