Effect of varicocele on sperm function and semen oxidative stress

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-265

  Blumer, Camile Garcia ^a   Restelli, Adriana Ester ^a   Giudice, Paula Toni Del ^a   Soler, Thiesa Butterby ^a   Fraietta, Renato ^a   Nichi, Marcilio ^b   Bertolla, Ricardo Pimenta ^a   Cedenho, Agnaldo Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

acrosome; DNA damage; metabolism; mitochondria; oxidative stress; spermatozoa; varicocele

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MALONALDEHYDE;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

3,3'-DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ACROSOME; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84655162173     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10240.x     Document Type: Article

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