Oxidation-reduction potential of semen: What is its role in the treatment of male infertility?

Therapeutic Advances in Urology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 302-318

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Roychoudhury, Shubhadeep ^a,b   Bjugstad, Kimberly B ^c   Cho, Chak Lam ^d  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AYTU BioScience   (United States)

^d KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

diagnosis; male infertility; oxidation reduction potential; oxidative stress; semen; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIOXSYS SYSTEM; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; UROLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84983750351     PISSN: 17562872     EISSN: 17562880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756287216652779     Document Type: Review

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