Evaluation of seminal zinc levels by atomic absorption in men with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-438

  Alexandrino, A P ^a   Rodrigues, M A F ^a   Matsuo, T ^a   Gregorio E P ^a   Santilli, J C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

prostate; seminal zinc; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; ZINC;

EID: 79952454855     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.122     Document Type: Article

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