Association of antioxidants and natural immune activators in the treatment of asthenoteratospermia and abacterial leukocytosis;Ruolo di un'associazione tra antiossidanti e stimolanti immunitari naturali nel trattamento dell'astenoteratospermia con leucocitosi

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 473-479

  Gambera, L ^a   Campanella, G ^a   Piomboni, P ^a   Serafini, F ^a   Morgante, G ^a   De Leo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Asthenozoospermia; Beta glucans; Lactoferrin; Leukocytosis; Plants; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA GLUCAN; DNA FRAGMENT; LACTOFERRIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; ASTHENOTERATOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; NECROSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA-GLUCANS; CARICA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 36749034254     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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