Oxidative stress and its implications in female infertility - A clinician's perspective

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 641-650

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Gupta, Sajal ^a   Sharma, Rakesh ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Female infertility; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ABORTION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HUMAN; LUTEOLYSIS; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 28244443591     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61174-1     Document Type: Review

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