Effects of temperature on sperm motion characteristics and reactive oxygen species

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 227-233

  Esfandiari, Navid ^a   Saleh, Ramadan A ^a   Blaut, Andrew P ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Nelson, David R ^a   Thomas Jr , Anthony J ^a   Falcone, Tommaso ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm motility; Temperature

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; KINETICS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036757654     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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