The assessment of oxidative stress in infertile patients with varicocele

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1547-1552

  Sakamoto, Yuichi ^a   Ishikawa, Tomomoto ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Yamaguchi, Kohei ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Ligation; Oxidative stress; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; HEXANOYLLYSINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; AZOOSPERMIA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; VARICOCELE;

EID: 43949130136     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07517.x     Document Type: Article

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