In vitro effects of α-tocopherol on teratozoospermic semen samples

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 721-727

  Keshtgar, S ^a   Fanaei, H ^a,b   Bahmanpour, S ^a   Azad, F ^a   Ghannadi, A ^c   Kazeroni, M ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Shiraz Fertility and Infertility Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Acrosome reaction; DNA fragmentation; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIMYCIN; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA INTEGRATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUPERNATANT;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CALCIMYCIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84857033815     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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