Effect of metabolic and antioxidant supplementation on sperm parameters in oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia, with and without varicocele: A double-blind placebo-controlled study

Andrologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Busetto, G M ^a   Agarwal, A ^d   Virmani, A ^b   Antonini, G ^a   Ragonesi, G ^a   Del Giudice, F ^a   Micic, S ^c   Gentile, V ^a   De Berardinis, E ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Research   (Netherlands)

^c Andrology Department   (Serbia)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidant; oligo astheno teratozoospermia; sperm; spermiogram; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; FUMARIC ACID; LEVACECARNINE; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; UBIDECARENONE; ZINC; ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NAUSEA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMIOGRAM; SUPPLEMENTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICOCELE; VERTIGO; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042694375     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12927     Document Type: Article

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