The impact of epididymal and accessory sex gland function on sperm motility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2904-2911

  Elzanaty, S ^a   Richthoff, J ^a   Malm, J ^a   Giwercman, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessory sex glands; Epididymis; Prostate specific antigen; Seminal plasma; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FRUCTOSE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MILITARY SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSTATE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TESTIS FUNCTION; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDIDYMIS; FRUCTOSE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; ZINC;

EID: 0036853052     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.11.2904     Document Type: Article

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