Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 662-671, September 2005

Placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial on the use of l-carnitine, l-acetylcarnitine, or combined l-carnitine and l-acetylcarnitine in men with idiopathic asthenozoospermia

  • Giancarlo Balercia, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology Unit and Laboratory of Andrology, Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Giancarlo Balercia, M.D., Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Umberto I Hospital, Torrette, Via Conca, 60100 Ancona, Italy (FAX: +39-071-887-300).
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  • Francesco Regoli, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology and Genetics, Umberto I Hospital, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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  • Tatiana Armeni, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology and Genetics, Umberto I Hospital, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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  • Aleardo Koverech, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Carnitine Research Unit, Sigma Tau, Pomezia, Italy
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  • Franco Mantero, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Marco Boscaro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology Unit and Laboratory of Andrology, Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Received 13 December 2004; received in revised form 23 March 2005; accepted 23 March 2005.

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 Supported by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research, the Polytechnic University of Marche, and the Ospedali Riuniti, Umberto I Hospital, Ancona by grants from Sigma Tau srl (Pomezia, Italy). A.K. is the Head of Carnitine Research Unit, Sigma Tau and is responsible for the study design.

PII: S0015-0282(05)01230-6

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.064

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 662-671, September 2005

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