Effect of spermatic vein ligation on seminal total antioxidant capacity in terms of varicocele grading

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 199-204

  Ozturk, Ufuk ^a   Ozdemir, E ^b   Buyukkagnici, U ^b   Dede, O ^a   Sucak, A ^a   Celen, S ^a   Imamoglu, M A ^a  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Total antioxidant capacity; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

TROLOX C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEMINAL TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATIC VEIN LIGATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERMATIC CORD; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84861514071     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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