The roles of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in idiopathic male infertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 514-515

  Reza Safarinejad, Mohammad ^a   Safarinejad, Shiva ^a  

^a Clinical Center for Urological Disease Diagnosis   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; HEXANOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIDECARENONE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FAT INTAKE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 84863647646     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.46     Document Type: Article

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