Seminal plasma albumin: Origin and relation to the male reproductive parameters

Andrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Elzanaty, S ^a,c   Erenpreiss, J ^b   Becker, C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Albumin; Seminal markers; Sertoli cells; Sperm morphology and motility

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; FOLLITROPIN; FRUCTOSE; INHIBIN B; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SERUM ALBUMIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PROSTATE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; GENITALIA, MALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN;

EID: 34147107443     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2007.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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