Relationship between semen quality and seminal plasma components: Alpha-glucosidase, fructose and citrate in infertile men compared with a normospermic population of Tunisian men

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-156

  Said, L ^a,b   Galeraud Denis, I ^b,c   Carreau, S ^b   Saad A ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b University Department of Biochemistry   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Citric acid; Fructose; Male infertility; Neutral alpha glucosidase; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CITRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; ASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CITRIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDIDYMIS; FRUCTOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PH; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PH; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TERATOZOOSPERMIA; TUNISIA;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TUNISIA;

EID: 65349122972     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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