Mycoplasmas and antibodies anti-Chlamydia in semen of infertile men and their relationship with seminal quality and markers of male accessory sex glands;Mycoplasmas y anticuerpos anti-Chlamydia en semen de hombres infértiles y su relación con la calidad seminal y los marcadores de glándulas sexuales accesorias masculinas

Investigacion Clinica (Venezuela)

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-147

  Lozano Hernández, Ricardo ^a   Vivas Acevedo, Giovanny ^a   de Vera, María Gladys Muñoz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Infection; Male accessory sex glands; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODY; CITRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MALE INFERTILITY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; SPERM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865309209     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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