Semen characteristics and inflammatory mediators in infertile men with different clinical diagnoses

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-646

  Moretti, E ^a   Cosci, I ^a   Spreafico, A ^a   Serchi, T ^a   Cuppone, A M ^a   Collodel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammatory mediators; Male infertility; Sperm quality; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; AUTACOID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 70449378027     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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