Effects of leukocytospermia on the seminal quality in subfertile males with and without varicocele;Efectos de la leucocitospermia sobrela caudad seminal en varones subfértiles con y sin varicocele

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 921-928

  Tortolero, Ingrid ^a,d   Ojeda, José Manuel Duarte ^b   Casamayor, Manuel Pamplona ^b   González, Enrique Alvarez ^b   Arata Bellabarba, Gabriela ^a   Pegadera, Javier ^c   Galvis, Oscar Leiva ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Leukocytosperrria; Lipidic peroxidation; Spermogram; Subfertility; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; SPERM; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; SEMEN; VARICOCELE;

EID: 16644389339     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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