Seminal Antioxidant Capacity in Pre- and Postoperative Varicocele

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Mancini, Antonio ^a,b   Meucci, Elisabetta ^a   Milardi, Domenico ^a   Giacchi, Elena ^a   Bianchi, Antonio ^a   Pantano, Angelo Lauria ^a   Mordente, Alvaro ^a   Martorana, Guiseppe Ettore ^a   De Marinis, Laura ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Seminal plasma; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONATE); ANTIOXIDANT; CATION; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0346993071     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02757.x     Document Type: Article

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