Influence of deoxyribonucleic acid damage on fertilization and pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 965-972

  Henkel, Ralf ^a,b   Hajimohammad, Marjam ^b   Stalf, Thomas ^c   Hoogendijk, Christiaan ^d   Mehnert, Claas ^c   Menkveld, Roelof ^d   Gips, Holger ^c   Schill, Wolf Bernhard ^b   Kruger, Thinus F ^d  

^a Center for Dermatology and Andrology   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (Germany)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA damage; DNA fragmentation; DNA integrity; Human spermatozoa; Pregnancy failure

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOCORTIN 5;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANNEXIN A5; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 1842579538     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.044     Document Type: Article

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