title: Changes in seminal quality following oral zinc therapy.
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.
authors: Male Infertility Clinic, Women's Hospital, Liverpool, U.K.
authors: H G
authors: HG
authors: Kynaston
authors: D I
authors: DI
authors: Lewis-Jones
authors: R V
authors: RV
authors: Lynch
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Desmond
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc