Prostatitis and male infertility

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Alshahrani, Saad ^a,b   McGill, John ^a,c   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Leukocytospermia; Male infertility; Prostatitis; Seminal fluid

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DOXYCYCLINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

INFECTION; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE INFERTILITY; PROSTATITIS; SEMINAL FLUID;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887020721     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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