Altered antioxidant status and increased lipid per-oxidation in seminal plasma of Tunisian infertile men

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-149

  Atig, Fatma ^a   Raffa, Monia ^b   Ali, Habib Ben ^a   Abdelhamid, Kerkeni ^b   Saad, Ali ^a   Ajina, Mounir ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Lipid per oxidation; Male infertility; Oxidative damage; Semen quality; Sperm ab normalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655212300     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.8.139     Document Type: Article

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