Relationship of zinc concentrations in blood and seminal plasma with various semen parameters in infertile subjects

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Ali, Hasan ^a,d   Ahmed, Masood ^a   Baig, Mukhtiar ^b   Ali, Moazzam ^c  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Liaquat National Medical College   (Pakistan)

^c ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d 16 B Society Apartment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Azoospermic; Infertility; Oligospermic; Seminal zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33947146056     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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