A randomized clinical study assessing the effects of the antioxidants, resveratrol or SG1002, a hydrogen sulfide prodrug, on idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia

Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-111

  Martinez, Arturo Morales ^a   Sordia Hernández, Luis H ^a   Morales, Juan A ^a   Merino, Martha ^a   Vidal, Oscar ^a   Garza, Manuel R García ^a   Valdés, Otto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hydrogen sulfide; Oligoasthenozoospermia; Resveratrol; SG1002

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006186631     PISSN: 23050500     EISSN: 23050519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2305-0500(15)30005-1     Document Type: Article

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