Effect of varicocelectomy and/or mast cells stabilizer on sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile patients with varicocele

Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 146-150

  Zaazaa, A ^a   Adel, A ^a   Fahmy, I ^a   Elkhiat, Y ^a   Awaad, A A ^a   Mostafa, T ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

male infertility; mast cell stabilizers; sperm DNA fragmentation; spermatozoa; varicocele

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTAMINE RELEASE INHIBITOR; KETOTIFEN; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAST CELL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL ULTRASOUND; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KETOTIFEN; MALE; MAST CELLS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 85036573507     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12445     Document Type: Article

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