Iatrogenic DNA damage induced in human spermatozoa during sperm preparation: Protective significance of seminal plasma

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-445

  Twigg, Jeremy ^a   Irvine, D Stewart ^a   Houston, Paul ^a   Fulton, Norma ^a   Michael, Lydia ^a   Aitken, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DNA damage; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0031799912     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.5.439     Document Type: Article

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