Sperm DNA integrity as diagnosis and prognosis element of male fertility;Intégrité de l'ADN des spermatozoïdes comme élément diagnostique et pronostique de la fertilité masculine

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 89-101

  Sergerie, M ^a   Bleau, G ^b   Teule R ^a   Daudin, M ^a   Bujan, L ^a  

^a TSA 70034   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; COMET assay; DNA fragmentation; ICSI; IVF; Male infertility; NT; SCSA; Spermatozoa; TUNEL assay

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FERTILIZATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE FERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17844405290     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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