Effect of antioxidants and antibiotics on levels of seminal oxidative stress in leukocytospermic infertile men

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-156

  Yadav, Sunil B ^a   Suryakar, Adinath N ^b   Huddedar, Anil D ^a   Shukla, Pramod S ^a  

^a KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Dr Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Leukocytes and Total antioxidant power; Nitric oxide (as a nitrite); Sperm membrane integrity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; OSMOTIC SHOCK; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33644885799     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: 09701915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02913085     Document Type: Article

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