Clinical significance of reactive oxygen species in semen of infertile Indian men

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-256

  Venkatesh, S ^a   Riyaz, A M ^a   Shamsi, M B ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Gupta, N P ^a   Mittal, S ^a   Malhotra, N ^a   Sharma, R K ^b   Agarwal, A ^b   Dada, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Male infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm DNA damage; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PILOT STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 65949086750     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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