Seminal plasma total antioxidant capacity and semen parameters in patients with varicocele

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 617-621

  Giulini, Simone ^a   Sblendorio, Valeriana ^a   Xella, Susanna ^a   La Marca, Antonio ^a   Palmieri, Beniamino ^a   Volpe, Annibale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Oxidative stress; Semen parameters; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN RADICAL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 65649087563     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60004-1     Document Type: Article

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