Changes in Seminal Quality Following Oral Zinc Therapy
- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Andrologia
- Vol. 20 (1) , 21-22
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0272.1988.tb02355.x
Abstract
33 subfertile men with idiopathic asthenozoospermia and/or oligozoospermia were treated with oral zinc sulphate. After treatment a significant improvement in the percentage progressive and total sperm motility was noted accompanied by a significant increase in seminal fluid zinc levels.Keywords
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