Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 in seminal plasma

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 278-281

  Tentes, Ioannis ^a   Asimakopoulos, Byron ^a   Mourvati, Efthimia ^a   Diedrich, Klaus ^b   Al Hasani, Safaa ^b   Nikolettos, Nikos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MMP 2; MMP 9; Semen

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 35348919710     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9129-6     Document Type: Article

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