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Seminal Plasma and Serum Afamin Levels Are Associated with Infertility in Men with Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia.
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) - 1 May 2021
Nuñez-Calonge Rocio, Cortes Susana, Caballero Peregrín Pedro, Gutierrez Gonzalez Luis Miguel, Kireev Roman
Abstract excerpt
The plasma glycoprotein afamin has been previously identified as an alternative carrier protein for vitamin E in extravascular fluids such as plasma and cerebrospinal, ovarian follicular, and seminal fluids. However, to date, no study has established a relationship between afamin levels and infertility in women or men. The purposes of our study were (i) to assess the level of afamin in serum and seminal fluids in...
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