Sperm deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation is increased in poor-quality semen samples and correlates with failed fertilization in intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 528-532

  Lopes, Stephanie ^a   Sun, Jian Guo ^a   Jurisicova, Andrea ^a   Meriano, Jim ^a   Casper, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; Fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Male infertility; Semen analysis; Sperm chromatin

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031895751     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00536-0     Document Type: Article

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