Seminal Factor VIII and von Willebrand Factor: A possible role of the conventional clotting system in human semen?

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  Lwaleed, Bashir A ^a   Greenfield, Robert ^b   Royle, Eric ^a   Birch, Brian ^a   Cooper, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b American Diagnostica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor VIII; Fertility; Human; Novel finding; Original article; Seminal plasma; Von Willebrand Factor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9A; THROMBOPLASTIN; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUEFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; VASECTOMY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

FACTOR VIII; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 13444263979     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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