The role of enzymatic antioxidants detected in the follicular fluid and semen of infertile couples undergoing assisted reproduction

Human Fertility

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-171

  Pasqualotto, Eleonora Bedin ^a,b   Lara, Luana Venturin ^a   Salvador, Mirian ^a   Sobreiro, Bernardo Passos ^b   Borges Jr , Edson ^c   Pasqualotto, Fbio Firmbach ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Center for Human Reproduction   (Brazil)

^c Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; Oocyte; Oxidative stress; Sperm antioxidants

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY RATE; SERUM; SPERM;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATALASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 74549132602     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270903207941     Document Type: Article

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