Utility of the sperm chromatin structure assay as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in the human fertility clinic

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1039-1049

  Evenson, D P ^a   Jost, L K ^a   Marshall, D ^a   Zinaman, M J ^b   Clegg, E ^c   Purvis, K ^d   De Angelis, P ^d   Ciaussen, O P ^d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Human fertility; Pregnancy loss; SCSA

Indexed keywords

ACID; ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COUNSELING; DNA DENATURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME;

EID: 0032920610     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.4.1039     Document Type: Article

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