Seminal plasma-Immunomodulatory potential in men with normal and abnormal sperm count

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  von Wolff, Michael ^a   Nowak, Oliver ^a   Pinheiro, Rafael M ^a   Strowitzki, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Infertility; Seminal plasma; Sperm count

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NIDATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 34548228933     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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