Detection of oxidative DNA damage in human sperm and its association with sperm function and male infertility

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-536

  Shen, Han Ming ^a,b   Ong, Choon Nam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

8 OHdG; Biomarker; Comet; Free radical; Oxidative stress; Sperm; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; FREE RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034652432     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00234-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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