Effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on semen profile and enzymatic anti-oxidant capacity of seminal plasma in infertile men with idiopathic oligoasthenoteratospermia: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised study

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-47

  Safarinejad, M R ^a  

^a Private Practice of Urology and Andrology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infertility; Omega 3; Semen parameters; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EPAX 5500 TG; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HALITOSIS; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOSPERMIA; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CATALASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 78651228119     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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