Efficient treatment of infertility due to sperm DNA damage by ICSI with testicular spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Greco, Ermanno ^a   Scarselli, Filomena ^a   Iacobelli, Marcello ^a   Rienzi, Laura ^a   Ubaldi, Filippo ^a   Ferrero, Susanna ^a   Franco, Giorgio ^a   Anniballo, Nazareno ^a   Mendoza, Carmen ^b,c   Tesarik, Jan ^b,d  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Molecular Assisted Reproduction and Genetics   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Laboratoire D Eylau rue Saint Didier 55   (France)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; Ejaculated spermatozoa; ICSI; Sperm fertilizing ability; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; EJACULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 19944433572     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh590     Document Type: Article

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