Seasonal changes of neutral α-glucosidase activity in human semen

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Henkel, Ralf ^a,c   Maaß, Gesa ^b   Schuppe, Hans Christian ^b   Jung, Andreas ^b   Schubert, Jörg ^a   Schill, Wolf Bernhard ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ejaculate; Epididymal patency; Human spermatozoa; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRUCTOSE; PEROXIDASE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEMEN;

EID: 30844450609     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05064     Document Type: Article

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