Antioxidant therapy in idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 207-214

  Majzoub, Ahmad ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LYCOPENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; UBIDECARENONE; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL VIABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 85021800599     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/iju.IJU_15_17     Document Type: Review

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