Seminal mast cells in infertile asthenozoospermic males

Andrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 244-247

  El Karaksy, A ^a   Mostafa, T ^a   Shaeer, O K ^a   Bahgat, D R ^a   Samir, N ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Mast cells; Semen; Sperm motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

PYRONINE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPERM;

ADULT; AGING; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SMOKING;

EID: 38449115468     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2007.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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