Relationship between seminal malondialdehyde levels and sperm quality in fertile and infertile men

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1387-1392

  Colagar, Abasalt Hosseinzadeh ^a   Pouramir, Mehdi ^b   Marzony, Eisa Tahmasbpour ^a   Jorsaraei, Sayed Gholam Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxidation; Male infertility; Malondialdehyde (MDA); Seminal plasma; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953279639     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132009000600010     Document Type: Article

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