Acrosin activity as a potential marker for sperm membrane characteristics in unexplained male infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 104-109

  Chaudhury, Koel ^a   Das, Tuhin ^b   Chakravarty, Baidyanath ^b   Bhattacharyya, Asok K ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

5 nucleotidase; acrosin; lactate dehydrogenase; proacrosin; sperm membrane; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ACROSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROACROSIN;

ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; PARAMETER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ACROSIN; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 11844303536     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.06.063     Document Type: Article

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