Magnesium-orotate supplementation for idiopathic infertile male patients: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical pilot study

Magnesium Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-136

  Závaczki, Zoltán ^a,c   Szöllõsi, János ^a   Kiss, Sándor A ^b   Koloszár, Sándor ^a   Fejes, Imre ^a   Kovács, László ^a   Pál, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Magnesium Society   (Hungary)

^c NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Idiopathic male infertility; Magnesium orotate; Oral magnesium supplementation; Randomized placebo controlled trial

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; OROTATE MAGNESIUM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IONIZATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; OROTIC ACID; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0242573107     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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