Randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial examining the effects of alpha-lipoic acid supplement on the spermatogram and seminal oxidative stress in infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 318-324

  Haghighian, Hossein Khadem ^a   Haidari, Fatemeh ^a   Mohammadi Asl, Javad ^a   Dadfar, Mohammadreza ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alpha lipoic acid; asthenospermia; infertile men; oxidative stress; spermatogram

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; THIOCTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; TRIPLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERM;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 84938285704     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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