Reactive oxygen species in human semen in relation to leukocyte contamination

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Oborna, Ivana ^a   Fingerova, Helena ^a   Novotny, Jiri ^a   Brezinova, Jana ^a   Svobodova, Magda ^a   Aziz, Nabil ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Male infertility; Polymorphonuclear neutrophils; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPERM;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN;

EID: 70149104474     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 12138118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2009.009     Document Type: Article

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