Testicular volume, scrotal temperature, and oxidative stress in fertile men with left varicocele

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1388-1391

  Shiraishi, Koji ^a,b   Takihara, Hiroshi ^c   Naito, Katsusuke ^b  

^a UBE INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Onoda City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILE PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 63249095884     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.044     Document Type: Article

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