Dietary supplementation of antioxidants improves semen quality of IVF patients in terms of motility, sperm count, and nuclear vacuolization

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 391-398

  Wirleitner, Barbara ^a   Vanderzwalmen, Pierre ^a   Stecher, Astrid ^a   Spitzer, Dietmar ^b   Schuff, Maximilian ^a   Schwerda, Delf ^a   Bach, Magnus ^a   Schechinger, Birgit ^a   Zech, Nicolas Herbert ^a  

^a IVF Centers Prof Zech   (Austria)

^b IVF Centers Prof Zech   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antioxidative supplementation; IMSI; IVF; MSOME; Nuclear vacuoles; Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia; Oxidative stress; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VACUOLES;

EID: 84880582474     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: 16642821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000136     Document Type: Article

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