Hypothesis: intracellular acidification contributes to infertility in varicocele

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 399-401

  Ghabili, Kamyar ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a   Agutter, Paul S ^b   Agarwal, Ashok ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Theoretical and Cell Biology Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; pH; reactive oxygen species; varicocele

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MEMBRANE LIPID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SPERMINE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CELL PH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE; VASCULARIZATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KIDNEY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RENAL CIRCULATION; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 67649084233     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.070     Document Type: Article

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