Sperm nuclear DNA damage and altered chromatin structure: Effect on fertilization and embryo development

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 11-19

  Sakkas, D ^a,c   Urner, F ^a   Bizzaro, D ^b   Manicardi, G ^b   Bianchi, P G ^a   Shoukir, Y ^a   Campana, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Male infertility; Sperm chromatin; Sperm nuclear decondensation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; FLUOROCHROME;

BLASTOCYST; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA PACKAGING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

EID: 0032459320     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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