Detection of erythropoietin in human seminal plasma

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 798-801

  Temma, Kumiko ^a   Shimoya, Koichiro ^a   Hashimoto, Kazumasa ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Koyama, Masayasu ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Infertile patients; Seminal plasma; Split ejaculate

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TITRIMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 1542408696     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.039     Document Type: Article

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