Relationship of interleukin-6 with semen characteristics and oxidative stress in patients with varicocele

Urology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1010-1013

  Nallella, Kiran P ^a   Allamaneni, Shyam S R ^a   Pasqualotto, Fabio F ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Thomas Jr , Anthony J ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Ctr for Advanced Research in Human   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 7944229250     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.05.045     Document Type: Article

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