Nitric oxide level in seminal plasma of fertile and infertile males and its correlation with sperm parameters

Daru

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-202

  Amiri, I ^a   Sheike, N ^b   Najafi, R ^a  

^a Fatemieh Hospital   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infertility; Nitric oxide; Sperm

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLITE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM;

EID: 33846858678     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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