Relationship between human semen parameters and deoxyribonucleic acid damage assessed by the neutral comet assay

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1623-1632

  Trisini, Ana T ^a   Singh, Narendra P ^b   Duty, Susan M ^a,c   Hauser, Russ ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA integrity; microgel electrophoresis; sperm

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 10044228657     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.05.087     Document Type: Article

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