Heme oxygenase enzyme activity in seminal plasma of oligoasthenoteratozoospermic males with varicocele

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-241

  Aziz, M T Abdel ^a   Mostafa, T ^b   Atta, H ^a   Kamal, O ^b   Kamel, M ^a   Hosni, H ^a   Rashed, L ^a   Sabry, D ^a   Waheed, F ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heme oxygenase enzyme; male infertility; semen; seminal plasma; varicocele

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE-2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; VARICOCELE; COMPLICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 77954611247     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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