Efficacy of tamoxifen and L-carnitine on sperm ultrastructure and seminal oxidative stress in patients with idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

Andrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 801-810

  Nada, E A ^a   El Taieb, M A ^b   Ibrahim, H M ^b   Al Saied, A E R A ^b  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

iOAT; L carnitine; Oxidative stress; Tamoxifen; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; MALONALDEHYDE; TAMOXIFEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERM ULTRASTRUCTURE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ASTHENOSPERMIA; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CARNITINE; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84938293986     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12333     Document Type: Article

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