Sperm function and seminal oxidative stress as tools to identify sperm pathologies in infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 297-300

  Ramya, T ^a   Misro, Man Mohan ^a   Sinha, Devabrata ^a   Nandan, Deoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATALASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 72749103179     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.074     Document Type: Article

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