Cellular and biochemical markers in semen indicating male accessory gland inflammation

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 279-282

  Krause, W ^a   Bohring, C ^a   Gueth, A ^a   Horster S ^a   Krisp, A ^a   Skrzypek, J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydiae; Cytokines; Leucocytes; Male accessory glands; ROS; Semen

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEVOFLOXACIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRANULOCYTE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE ACCESSORY GLAND; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RELIABILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN;

EID: 0242266422     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00571.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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