Ultrastructural and DNA fragmentation analyses in swim-up selected human sperm

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Piomboni, P ^a   Bruni, E ^b   Capitani, S ^b   Gambera, L ^b   Moretti, E ^b   La Marca, A ^b   De Leo, V ^b   Baccetti, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; Electron microscopy; Swim up; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; CELL SEPARATION; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANELLES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 28844480089     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010500203741     Document Type: Article

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