Nitric oxide level in seminal plasma and its relation with sperm DNA damages

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-264

  Amiri, Iraj ^a   Sheikh, Nasrin ^b   Najafi, Rezvan ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA integrity; Infertility; Nitric oxide (NO); Sperm

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 35649015362     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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