Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants relationship in the internal spermatic vein blood of infertile men with varicocele

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-454

  Mostafa, Taymour ^a   Anis, Tarek H ^a   Ghazi, Sherif ^a   El Nashar, Abdel Rahman ^a   Imam, Hager ^b   Osman, Ihab A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Medical Biochemistry Department   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Male infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatic vein; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; SPERMATIC VEIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOCELE; VENOUS BLOOD; VENOUS CIRCULATION; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATIC CORD; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATIC CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VARICOCELE; VEINS;

EID: 33746933244     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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