Vitamins C, E and lipid peroxidation levels in sperm and seminal plasma of asthenoteratozoospermic and normozoospermic men

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Nour, Mohammad ^a   Ghasemzadeh, Aliyen ^a   Farzadi, Laya ^a   Shahnazi, Vahideh ^a   Ghaffari Novin, Marefat ^a,b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidants activity; Asthenoterozoospermia; Infertility; Lipid peroxidation; MDA; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; ASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 54349114994     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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