Association between age and epididymal and accessory sex gland function and their relation to sperm motility

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-156

  Elzanaty, Saad ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessory sex gland; Epididymis; Male age; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRUCTOSE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; ZINC;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDIDYMIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79961201011     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010701225667     Document Type: Article

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