Relationship between semen quality and the seminal plasma components carnitine, alpha-glucosidase, fructose, citrate and granulocyte elastase in infertile men compared with a normal population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 840-845

  Zopfgen A ^a   Priem, F ^a   Sudhoff, F ^a   Jung, K ^a   Lenk, S ^a   Loening, S A ^a   Sinha, P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Carnitine; Male infertility; Seminal plasma; Glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ACID CITRATE DEXTROSE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARNITINE; FRUCTOSE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

EID: 0342700232     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.4.840     Document Type: Article

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