Chymotrypsin effects on the determination of sperm parameters and seminal biochemistry markers

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1335-1339

  Chen, Fang ^a,b   Lu, Jin Chun ^a,c,f   Xu, Hui Ru ^a,d   Huang, Yu Feng ^a,f   Lu, Nian Qing ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanjing Hospital   (China)

^d NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Jiangsu Family Planning Institute   (China)

^f NANJING GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NANJING MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin; Seminal biochemistry markers; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33750732339     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.253     Document Type: Article

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