Heme oxygenase enzyme activity in human seminal plasma of fertile and infertile males

Andrologia

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 292-297

  Abdel Aziz, M T ^a   Mostafa, T ^b   Roshdy, N ^a   Hosni, H ^a   Rashed, L ^a   Sabry, D ^a   Abdel Nasser, T ^b   Abdel Azim, O ^b   Abdel Gawad, O ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Heme oxygenase; Male infertility; Semen; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FERTILITY; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 51649125783     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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