Increased total antioxidant capacity in seminal plasma of varicocele patients: A multivariate analysis

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-42

  Mancini, Antonio ^a,b   Milardi, Domenico ^a   Bianchi, Antonio ^a   Festa, Roberto ^a   Silvestrini, Andrea ^a   De Marinis, Laura ^a   Pontecorvi, Alfredo ^a   Meucci, Elisabetta ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; FSH; Infertility; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoa; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MYOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; VARICOCELE;

EID: 80052768843     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010600840756     Document Type: Article

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