Oral carnitine supplementation increases sperm motility in asthenozoospermic men with normal sperm phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase levels

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 355-361

  Garolla, Andrea ^a   Maiorino, Matilde ^a   Roverato, Alberto ^b   Roveri, Antonella ^a   Ursini, Fulvio ^a   Foresta, Carlo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Ctr Male Gametes Cryopreservation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Carnitine; Mitochondrial function; Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; PHOSPHOLIPID HYDROPEROXIDE GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUPPLEMENTATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 13544258840     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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