The effects of L-carnitine on sperm parameters in smoker and non-smoker patients with idiopathic sperm abnormalities

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 395-399

  Khademi, Afsaneh ^a,c   Alleyassin, Ashraf ^a   Safdarian, Leili ^a   Hamed, Ehsan Akbari ^b   Rabiee, Ehsan ^b   Haghaninezhad, Hasan ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

L Carnitine; Non smokers; Smokers; Sperm; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CARNITINE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 28744446892     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-7204-4     Document Type: Article

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