| Literature DB >> 2753179 |
F R Abou-Shakra1, N I Ward, D M Everard.
Abstract
The elemental status of seminal plasma collected from four populations subdivided on the basis of sperm counts is presented. Elemental analysis was performed by inductively coupled plasma-source mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for calcium, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead, rubidium, selenium, vanadium, and zinc. The majority of elements reflected no statistically significant differences among the four groups. The role of trace elements in infertility may be more directly related to sperm and whole semen than seminal plasma levels.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2753179 DOI： 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60860-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Fertil Steril ISSN： 0015-0282 Impact factor: 7.329