Detection of subpopulations of leucocytes in different subgroups of semen sample qualities

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 354-361

  Seshadri, S ^a   Flanagan, B ^a   Vince, G ^b   Lewis Jones, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leucocytes; Sperm count; Sperm motility; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SUBFERTILITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; VASECTOMY;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN;

EID: 84861504692     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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