Antioxidant activity of seminal plasma in fertile and infertile men

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 355-359

  Koca, Y ^a   Ozdal O L ^a,b,c   Celik M ^a   Unal S ^a   Balaban, N ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Human; Infertility; Men; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA;

EID: 79961178911     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010390219728     Document Type: Article

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