Interrelationships between seminal parameters and sperm nuclear DNA damage before and after density gradient centrifugation: Implications for assisted conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2160-2165

  Tomlinson, M J ^a   Moffatt, O ^a   Manicardi, G C ^b   Bizzaro, D ^b,c   Afnan, M ^a   Sakkas, D ^d  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Semen parameters; Sperm chromatin; Sperm morphology; Sperm nuclear DNA; Sperm preparation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; DNA; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHROMATIN; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0034788876     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.10.2160     Document Type: Article

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