Leukocytospermia is associated with increased reactive oxygen species production by human spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1215-1224

  Saleh, Ramadan A ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Kandirali, Engin ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Thomas Jr , Anthony J ^a   Nada, Essam A ^b   Evenson, Donald P ^c   Alvarez, Juan G ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukocytospermia; Male infertility; Nuclear DNA; Oxidative stress; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; LUMINOL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CONTACT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NEUTROPHIL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STIMULUS; SUSPENSION;

DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0036901620     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04237-1     Document Type: Article

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