Amidolytic activities and prostate-specific antigen in human seminal plasma

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-151

  Ishikawa, H ^a   Matsuda, Y ^b   Katayama, M ^b   Hara, I ^c   Sato, H ^c   Kaneko, S ^a   Hirakawa, S ^d   Matsushima, M ^d  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amidolytic activities; Azoospermia; Human seminal plasma; Normozoospermia; Prostate specific antigen (PSA)

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE FLUID; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 79961205344     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262652     Document Type: Article

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