Semen quality and aging: Analysis of 9.168 samples in Cordoba. Argentina;Envejecimiento y calidad seminal: Un análisis de 9.168 casos en Córdoba, Argentina

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-222

  Molina, Rosa Isabel ^a   Martini, Ana Carolina ^b   Tissera, Andrea ^a   Olmedo, Jose ^a   Senestrari, Daniel ^a   De Cuneo, Marta Fiol ^b   Ruiz, Ruben Daniel ^b  

^a Andrology and Reproduction Laboratory   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha glucosidase; Citric acid; Fructose; Motility; Semen volume; Sperm count; Sperm morphology; Sperm quality; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957694280     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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