Beneficial effect of microsurgical varicocelectomy on human sperm DNA integrity

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1018-1021

  Zini, Armand ^a   Blumenfeld, A ^b   Libman, J ^a   Willis, J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA denaturation; Flow cytometry; ICSI; Spermatozoa; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CELL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 18744411855     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh701     Document Type: Article

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