The effect of adjuvant vitamin C after varicocele surgery on sperm quality and quantity in infertile men: A double blind placebo controlled clinical trial

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 230-238

  Cyrus, Ali ^a   Kabir, Ali ^b,c   Goodarzi, Davood ^a   Moghimi, Mehrdad ^b  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Infertility, male; Semen analysis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PLACEBOS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930830037     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.02.07     Document Type: Article

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