Specialized sperm function tests in varicocele and the future of andrology laboratory

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 205-212

  Majzoub, Ahmad ^a   Esteves, Sandro C ^b   Gosálvez, Jaime ^c   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Androfert   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

male infertility; oxidative stress; semen analysis; sperm DNA fragmentation; sperm function; varicocele; varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; FUTUR ACRYL 2000;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLOMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANDROLOGY; COMPLICATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON; TRENDS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANDROLOGY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84957891364     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.172642     Document Type: Review

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