Levels of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in seminal fluid of men attending an andrological clinic

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-129

  Friebe, K ^a   Bohring, C ^a   Skrzypek, J ^a   Krause, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Leucocytospermia; Semen parameters

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; WINTER;

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037387099     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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