Combination of vitamin E and clomiphene citrate in treating patients with idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia: A prospective, randomized trial

Andrology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 864-867

  Elsheikh, M G ^a   Hosny, M B ^a   Elshenoufy, A ^a   Elghamrawi, H ^a   Fayad, A ^a   Abdelrahman, S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Semen analysis; Sperm count; Sperm motility; Sperm quality parameters; Subfertility; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; CLOMIFENE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC OLIGOASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLOMIPHENE; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84942292791     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12086     Document Type: Article

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