The role of cytokine expression in different subgroups of subfertile men

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Seshadri, Srividya ^a   Bates, Michelle ^b   Vince, Gill ^c   Jones, D I Lewis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Sperm count; Sperm motility; Sub fertility

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; TESTIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 70350422974     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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