Potential adverse effect of semen processing on human sperm deoxyribonucleic acid integrity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 496-499

  Zini, Armand ^a   Mak, Victor ^a   Phang, Donna ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Semen processing; Sperm DNA; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TECHNIQUE;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHROMATIN; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033199503     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00295-2     Document Type: Article

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