Selenium, copper and zinc in seminal plasma of men with varicocele, relationship with seminal parameters

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1247-1254

  Camejo, María Isabel ^a   Abdala, Lyzeth ^a   Vivas Acevedo, Giovanny ^b   Lozano Hernández, Ricardo ^b   Angeli Greaves, Miriam ^c   Greaves, Eduardo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Copper; Selenium; Seminal parameters; Sperm concentration; TXRF; Varicocele; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PARAMETERS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VARICOCELE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SELENIUM; SEMEN; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; VARICOCELE; ZINC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 82455192383     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-8957-5     Document Type: Article

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