Seminal plasma total antioxidant capacity and vitamin- C levels in asthenozoospermia: A case- control study

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 835-842

  Bidmeshkipour, Ali ^a   Colagar, Abaslt Hosseinzadeh ^b   Chari, Maryam Gholinezhad ^a,b   Biparva, Pourya ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Asthenozoospermia; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 77953470370     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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