Revisiting the assessment of semen viscosity and its relationship to leucocytospermia

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 837-841

  Flint, M ^a   du Plessis, S S ^a   Menkveld, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Centipoise; leucocytes; peroxidase; spermatozoa; viscosity

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LEUCOCYTOSPERMIA; LEUCOCYTOSPERMIA PEROXIDASE TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMIOGRAM;

EID: 85007273767     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12157     Document Type: Article

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