Are viral infections the cause of leukocytospermia?

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-90

  Krause, W ^a   Herbstreit, F ^a   Slenzka, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leukocytospermia; Silent male accessory gland infection; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PRESERVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; SEMEN; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0036227745     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-4569.2001.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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