Evaluation of Leukocyte Threshold Values in Semen to Detect Inflammation Involving Seminal Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-8

Urology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-56

  Aghazarian, Artin ^a   Stancik, Igor ^a   Huf, Wolfgang ^b   Pflüger, Heinz ^a  

^a Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhugel   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL INFLAMMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM QUALITY; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEMEN;

EID: 84937518857     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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