Prevalence of abnormal sperm DNA denaturation in fertile and infertile men

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1069-1072

  Zini, Armand ^a   Fischer, Marc Anthony ^a   Sharir, Sharon ^a   Shayegan, Bobby ^a   Phang, Donna ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DENATURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036897895     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01975-1     Document Type: Article

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