Changes in seminal quality following oral zinc therapy.
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.
Kynaston
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HG
Male Infertility Clinic, Women's Hospital, Liverpool, U.K.
Lewis-Jones
D I
DI
Lynch
R V
RV
Desmond
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AD
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D012661:Semen / Q000187:drug effects*; D013076:Sperm Count / Q000187:drug effects; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D015032:Zinc / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D015032:Zinc