What every gynecologist should know about male infertility: An update

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 217-229

  Esteves, Sandro C ^a   Hamada, Alaa ^b   Kondray, Victor ^b   Pitchika, Aruna ^b   Agarwal, Ashok ^b  

^a ANDROFERT Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic   (Brazil)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Diagnosis; Male infertility; Oxidative stress; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; DNA; LYCOPENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; ZINC SULFATE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VARICOCELE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; AZOOSPERMIA; COUNSELING; DNA DAMAGE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84864489229     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2274-x     Document Type: Article

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