Coenzyme Q10 supplementation in infertile men with low-grade varicocele: An open, uncontrolled pilot study

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 805-807

  Festa, R ^a   Giacchi, E ^b   Raimondo, S ^b   Tiano, L ^a   Zuccarelli, P ^b   Silvestrini, A ^b   Meucci, E ^b   Littarru, G P ^a   Mancini, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Coenzyme Q10; Male infertility; Oxidative stress; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PILOT STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICOCELE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPLICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFERTILITY, MALE;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; UBIQUINONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84924356828     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12152     Document Type: Article

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