Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 638-659, November 2009

Oxidative stress and medical antioxidant treatment in male infertility

  • Francesco M Lanzafame

      Affiliations

    • Territorial Center of Andrology, AUSL 8, via Brenta 1, 96100 Syracuse, Italy
  • ,
  • Sandro La Vignera

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine and Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, Piazza S. Maria di Gesù, 95123 Catania, Italy
  • ,
  • Enzo Vicari

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine and Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, Piazza S. Maria di Gesù, 95123 Catania, Italy
  • ,
  • Aldo E Calogero

      Affiliations

    • Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine and Master in Andrological and Human Reproduction Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, Piazza S. Maria di Gesù, 95123 Catania, Italy
    • Correspondence:

Received 1 February 2009; received in revised form 1 April 2009; accepted 16 July 2009. published online 02 August 2010.

Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest.

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 Dr Francesco Lanzafame, MD, is board certified in Endocrinology from the University of Catania, Italy. From 1992 to 1993, he was a research fellow at Guy’s Hospital, London, UK (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fertility Unit directed by Professor M Chapman). From 1993 to 1994, he was research fellow at the Medical Research Council, Reproductive Biology Unit, directed by Professor J Aitken, Edinburgh, UK. In 1998, he followed a post-graduate course in Andrology, University of Florence, Italy. Since 2008, Dr Lanzafame assumed responsibility of the Andrology service at AUSL 8, Syracuse, Italy.Dr Francesco Lanzafame

PII: S1472-6483(09)00078-9

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.014

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 638-659, November 2009