Semen quality and oxidative stress scores in fertile and infertile patients with varicocele

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 602-607

  Pasqualotto, Fabio Firmbach ^a,b   Sundaram, Arjun ^c   Sharma, Rakesh Kumar ^c   Borges Jr , Edson ^d   Pasqualotto, Eleanora Bedin ^a,b   Agarwal, Ashok ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CONCEPTION Center for Human Reproduction ^*  (Brazil)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antioxidants; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; Semen; sperm; varicocele

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 40249093061     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.057     Document Type: Article

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