Relative impact of oxidative stress on the functional competence and genomic integrity of human spermatozoa

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1037-1046

  Aitken, R John ^a   Gordon, Emma ^a   Harkiss, Diana ^a   Twigg, Jeremy P ^a   Milne, Philip ^a   Jennings, Zoë ^a   Irvine, D Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; NADP; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031768343     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.5.1037     Document Type: Article

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