Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in seminal fluid correlate with the severity of vericocele in infertile men

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-69

  Moein, Mohammad Reza ^a   Soleimani, Mehrdad ^a   Tabibnejad, Nasim ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Smoking; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VARICOCELE;

EID: 54349129350     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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