Seminal oxidative stress in patients with chronic prostatitis

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 304-308

  Potts, J M ^a   Pasqualotto, F F ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Conception Ctr for Hum Repro ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chronic prostatitis; Reactive oxygen species; Semen; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACCESSORY GLAND INFECTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE FLUID; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242329715     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00572.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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