Markers of accessory sex glands function in men with varicocele, relationship with seminal parameters

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 5884-5889

  Vivas Acevedo, Giovanny ^a   Lozano Hernandez, Ricardo ^a   Camejo, Maria I ^b  

^a Centro Diagnostico de Infertilidad y Enfermedades Geneticas   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fructose; Neutral alpha glucosidase (NAG); Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP); Sperm; Varicocele; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRUCTOSE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDIDYMIS; FRUCTOSE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLES; VARICOCELE; ZINC;

EID: 84859417536     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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