Review of clinical trials on effects of oral antioxidants on basic semen and other parameters in idiopathic Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Imamovic Kumalic, Senka ^a   Pinter, Bojana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA GLUCAN; CARNITINE; CATALASE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; DNA; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LACTOFERRIN; LYCOPENE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; PYCNOGENOL; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIDECARENONE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ZINC;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PAPAYA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERM DECONDENSATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899578160     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/426951     Document Type: Article

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