Analysis of seminal plasma from patients with non-obstructive azoospermia and identification of candidate biomarkers of male infertility

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1503-1511

  Batruch, Ihor ^a   Smith, Christopher R ^a   Mullen, Brendan J ^a   Grober, Ethan ^a   Lo, Kirk C ^a   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a,b,c   Jarvi, Keith A ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

epididymis; infertility; nonobstructive azoospermia; proteomics; seminal plasma; testis; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEOME;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VASECTOMY;

EID: 84863252185     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr200812p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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