Value of the sperm chromatin dispersion test in predicting pregnancy outcome in intrauterine insemination: A blind prospective study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 738-744

  Muriel, Lourdes ^a   Meseguer, Marcos ^b,c   Fernández, Jose Luis ^a   Alvarez, Juan ^d   Remohí, José ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a   Garrido, Nicolás ^b,c,e  

^a Hospital Teresa Herrera   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^c Fundación IVI   (Spain)

^d Centro de Infertilidad Masculina ANDROGEN   (Spain)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Intrauterine insemination; Sperm; Sperm chromatin dispersion test

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEPORI; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 33644852610     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei403     Document Type: Article

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