Role of oxidants in male infertility: Rationale, significance, and treatment

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 817-827

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Saleh, Ramadan A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; HYPOTAURINE; OXIDIZING AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TAURINE;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDANTS; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036866727     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00081-2     Document Type: Review

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