Assessment of sperm functions in infertile patients with varicoceles

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 291-295

  El Segini, Yehia ^a   Schill, W B ^b   Kohn F M ^b   Abou Zeid, S ^b   Kamshushy, A A ^b   Marzouk, S ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Centre of Dermatology and Andrology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrosin activity; Acrosome reaction; Chromatin condensation; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ANILINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; VARICOCELE; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN CELL; LYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0036419631     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2002.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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