C3 in seminal plasma has no additional informative value in the diagnosis of infection/inflammation of the male genital tract

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-99

  Boit, Ruxandra ^a   Petzoldt, D ^a   Klinga, K ^b   Eggert Kruse, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complement fraction C3; Fertility; Inflammation; Sperm analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SUBFERTILITY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPLEMENT C3; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFECTION; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SMOKING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0037390357     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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