Seminal Plasma Lipocalin-Type Prostaglandin D Synthase: A Potential New Marker for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Azoospermia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1077-1080

  Heshmat, Samy M ^a   Mullen, J Brendan ^a   Jarvi, Keith A ^a   Soosaipillai, Antoninus ^a   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a   Hamilton, Robert J ^a   Lo, Kirk C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

azoospermia; infertility; male; prostaglandin R2 D isomerase; semen; testis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPOCALIN; LIPOCALIN TYPE PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; VASECTOMY;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LIPOCALINS; MALE; SEMEN;

EID: 39149129372     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.10.070     Document Type: Article

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