Selenium, a key element in spermatogenesis and male fertility

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 636, Issue , 2008, Pages 65-73

  Boitani, Carla ^a   Puglisi, Rossella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 73949089807     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09597-4_4     Document Type: Article

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