Effect of an abnormal sperm chromatin structural assay (SCSA) on pregnancy outcome following (IVF) with ICSI in previous IVF failures

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Check, Jeome H ^a   Graziano, V ^a   Cohen, R ^a   Krotec, J ^a   Check, M L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation index; ICSI; IVF; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; Sperm chromatin

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBFERTILITY;

CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 14944376371     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850190518125     Document Type: Article

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