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Effect of seminal redox status on lipid peroxidation, apoptosis and DNA fragmentation in spermatozoa of infertile Saudi males

Sabiha Fatima, Raheek Alwaznah, Ghadeer S. Aljuraiban, Samina Wasi, Manal Abudawood, Mahmoud Abulmeaty, Mohamed Y. Berika and Feda S. Aljaser
Saudi Medical Journal March 2020, 41 (3) 238-246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.3.24975
Sabiha Fatima
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Fatima, Alwaznah, Abudawood), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Aljuraiban, Abulmeaty), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Berika); from the Chair of Medical and Molecular Genetics Research, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Aljaser), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh; and from the College of Medicine (Wasi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Raheek Alwaznah
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Fatima, Alwaznah, Abudawood), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Aljuraiban, Abulmeaty), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Berika); from the Chair of Medical and Molecular Genetics Research, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Aljaser), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh; and from the College of Medicine (Wasi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ghadeer S. Aljuraiban
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Samina Wasi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Fatima, Alwaznah, Abudawood), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Aljuraiban, Abulmeaty), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Berika); from the Chair of Medical and Molecular Genetics Research, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Aljaser), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh; and from the College of Medicine (Wasi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Manal Abudawood
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Fatima, Alwaznah, Abudawood), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Aljuraiban, Abulmeaty), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Berika); from the Chair of Medical and Molecular Genetics Research, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Aljaser), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh; and from the College of Medicine (Wasi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mahmoud Abulmeaty
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Fatima, Alwaznah, Abudawood), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Aljuraiban, Abulmeaty), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Berika); from the Chair of Medical and Molecular Genetics Research, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Aljaser), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh; and from the College of Medicine (Wasi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed Y. Berika
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Fatima, Alwaznah, Abudawood), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Aljuraiban, Abulmeaty), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Berika); from the Chair of Medical and Molecular Genetics Research, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Aljaser), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh; and from the College of Medicine (Wasi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Feda S. Aljaser
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Fatima, Alwaznah, Abudawood), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Aljuraiban, Abulmeaty), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Berika); from the Chair of Medical and Molecular Genetics Research, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Aljaser), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh; and from the College of Medicine (Wasi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sabiha Fatima, Raheek Alwaznah, Ghadeer S. Aljuraiban, Samina Wasi, Manal Abudawood, Mahmoud Abulmeaty, Mohamed Y. Berika, Feda S. Aljaser
Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2020, 41 (3) 238-246; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.3.24975

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