Semen characteristics and sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile men with low and high levels of seminal reactive oxygen species

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2141-2146

  Mahfouz, Reda ^a   Sharma, Rakesh ^a   Thiyagarajan, Aparna ^a   Kale, Vaishali ^a   Gupta, Sajal ^a   Sabanegh, Edmund ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

male infertility; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; sperm DNA fragmentation; Sperm motility; sperm motion kinetics; total antioxidant capacity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DISORDER; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM CURVILINEAR VELOCITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77956528219     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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