α-1,4-glucosidase activity in infertile oligoasthenozoospermic men with and without varicocele

Andrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-32

  Roaiah, M M F ^a   Mostafa, T ^a   Salem, D ^a   El Nashar, A R ^a   Kamel, I I ^a   El Kashlan, M S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

1,4 glucosidase; Epididymis; Male infertility; Seminal plasma; Spermatozoa; Testosterone; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33846018596     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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