Effect of varicocelectomy on semen parameters and sperm chromatin status

Yakhteh

Volumn 7, Issue 27, 2005, Pages

  Nasr Esfahani, M H ^a   Razavi, S ^b   Abbasi, H ^a   Alian, F Haji Mirza ^c   Haftbaradaran, B ^c   Sadeghi, M ^c  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fertility; Semen parameters; Sperm chromatin; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE FERTILITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 32544431597     PISSN: 15614921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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