Raised Inflammatory Markers in Semen from Men with Asymptomatic Chlamydial Infection

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-120

  Kokab, Abas ^a   Akhondi, Mohammad M ^b   Sadeghi, Mohammad R ^b   Modarresi, Mohammed H ^c   Aarabi, Mohsen ^a   Jennings, R O Y ^a   Pacey, Allan A ^a   Eley, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Interleukin 6; Interleukln 8; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RATE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950958763     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.008300     Document Type: Article

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